HR122 Summary

• Requests the Corrections Population Management Commission resume holding meetings and meet at least quarterly, as the Commission failed to hold meetings from 2003 to 2008 as required by law.

• Requests the Department of Public Safety distribute population reports and other relevant population information to the Commission at its meetings.

• Requests the Department of Public Safety make all handouts, population reports, and related information publicly available on its website for full transparency.

• Expresses concern that the Commission, established by Act 343 (1993) to prevent overcrowding in correctional facilities and manage inmate population limits, was excluded from decisions regarding closure of Kulani Correctional Facility and placement of 54% of Hawaii's corrections population in private out-of-state prisons.