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Senate committee backs resolution to incrementally reduce Hawaii inmates held in out-of-state private prisons
Summary
SCR 126 and SR 105 passed committee, urging the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce transfers of inmates to private, out-of-state facilities; committee members and witnesses debated costs, capacity and the need for new in-state facilities.
The Senate on March 24 approved SCR 126 and SR 105, which request the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to incrementally reduce the number of Hawai‘i inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities.
The resolution prompted extensive questioning about contracts, costs and capacity. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Director Tommy Johnson described the current bed-by-bed contract model: “It’s per person per bed we fill. About $96 a day. Okay. That’s soup to nuts, the bed, medical, education, substance abuse treatment, everything,” he said during committee questioning.
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