HI SCR6

Requests the Department of Public Safety to reinvest funds originally intended for incarceration into structured community placement programs for eligible non-violent female offenders

Finds that structured community placement programs offer more effective treatment for offenders seeking to break the cycle of substance abuse, crime, and incarceration

Estimates transferring incarceration funds to structured community placement will generate annual savings of $31,775 per year for every ten eligible non-violent female offenders

Received written support from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two individuals