HCR 187 Summary

• Request the Hawaii Paroling Authority to establish a two-year pilot parole program modeled after the Judiciary's Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program

• HOPE probation program demonstrated significant results in a randomized controlled trial: participants were 55% less likely to be arrested for new crimes, 72% less likely to use drugs, 61% less likely to skip supervisory appointments, and 53% less likely to have probation revoked

• HOPE probationers in the controlled trial served or were sentenced to 48% fewer days of incarceration on average compared to the control group

• Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs recommends adoption of the resolution