H.C.R. NO. 189 Summary

• Request the Corrections Population Management Commission to resume regular meetings and convene at least quarterly to fulfill its statutory objectives.

• Direct the Department of Public Safety to distribute population reports and relevant population information at all Commission meetings.

• Request the Department of Public Safety to post all handouts, population reports, and related information on its website for public disclosure.

• Commission failed to meet from 2003 to 2008 despite legal requirements and was excluded from decisions including the closure of Kulani Correctional Facility and placement of 54% of Hawaii's corrections population in private continental U.S. prisons.