HI HR140

Requests the Hawaii Paroling Authority, with assistance from the Department of Public Safety and Attorney General, to develop a plan implementing an earned-time program for inmates to reduce their minimum term of imprisonment through rehabilitation progress.

Establishes five categories where inmates can demonstrate rehabilitation progress to become eligible for early parole: work/vocational training, social adjustment, counseling/self-help groups, therapeutic programs, and education/literacy programs.

Requires annual reviews by the Department of Public Safety of inmate records to determine whether to grant, withhold, withdraw, or restore earned-time deductions from minimum sentences.

Mandates that the Director of Public Safety promptly notify crime victims of any adjustments to an inmate's minimum term completion date.

Requires submission of the earned-time program implementation plan to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the start of the 2014 Regular Session.