HI HB1177

Appropriates funds from general revenues for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to purchase the Honolulu Federal Detention Center (specific dollar amount blank in bill text).

Directs the Department of Public Safety to use the purchased facility to house state detainees and inmates, relieve overcrowding at state jails and prisons, and eliminate costs of leasing bed space at the federal detention center.

Identifies the Honolulu Federal Detention Center as having 1,200 total bed capacity with state-of-the-art surveillance and management technologies, currently housing 408 inmates with 160 state inmates leased at $123.19 per inmate daily as of January 2019.

Notes Hawaii's correctional system designed for 2,491 inmates currently holds 5,375 inmates, with estimated replacement or refurbishment costs of $1.5-2 billion for state facilities.

Takes effect July 1, 2050.