H.C.R. No. 10 Summary

• Requests the Department of Public Safety to develop rehabilitation programs as alternatives to incarceration for eligible convicted individuals to reduce costs and improve community reintegration.

• Highlights that incarceration costs approximately $36,500 per year per inmate while education costs only $15,000 annually, and Hawaii's corrections budget grew from $128 million in 2000 to $225 million in 2009.

• Proposes rehabilitation programs teaching job skills including business, agricultural, mechanical, and carpentry trades to increase successful re-entry into the community.

• Directs the Department of Public Safety to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2013 Regular Session convenes.

• Requires distribution of certified copies to the Director of Public Safety, Governor, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court, and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.