HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2025

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair

Rep. Kim Coco Iwamoto, Vice Chair

Rep. Mark J. Hashem	Rep. Mahina Poepoe
Rep. Linda Ichiyama	Rep. Justin H. Woodson
Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao	Rep. Garner M. Shimizu
Rep. Dee Morikawa	Rep. Kanani Souza

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:	Monday, October 6, 2025
TIME:	10:00 a.m.
PLACE:	VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

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A live stream link of this meeting will be available online shortly before the scheduled start time.

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A G E N D A

The purpose of this informational briefing is to inform and educate the Committee about best practices for medical release programs adopted by correctional systems throughout the United States and the extent to which these best practices have been adopted in Hawai‘i. 

1. Welcome & Introductions; 

2. Molly Crane, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Families for Justice Reform (FAMM); 
3. Christin M. Johnson, Oversight Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission (HCSOC); 
4. Closing Remarks 

Questions by Committee members will be permitted throughout the briefing.

No public testimony will be accepted.

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For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-9425.

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Rep. Della Au Belatti

Chair

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Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker of the House