SR 105 Summary

• Requests the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to incrementally and systematically reduce the number of inmates housed in private, out-of-state correctional facilities.

• Requires the Department to submit progress reports to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the regular sessions of 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 detailing reductions in out-of-state inmate populations.

• Notes that Hawaii has relied on contracted private, for-profit mainland facilities for over two decades, separating inmates from families and support networks in violation of the Legislature's original intent under Act 208 (1994).

• Identifies that prison overcrowding persists despite Act 208 being enacted to address it, and calls for phasing out the practice of transferring inmates to mainland correctional facilities.

• Transmits certified copies of the resolution to the Governor and Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.