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Committee approves three-year Kona women’s court pilot, narrows statewide expansion
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary on March 20 approved HB 727, creating a three-year women’s court pilot in the Third Circuit’s Kona division and removing earlier expansion language to the Second and Fifth Circuits.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary on March 20 approved HB 727, which creates a three-year women’s court pilot in the Third Circuit’s Kona division and removes earlier language expanding pilot projects to the Second and Fifth Circuits.
Judge Kim, testifying for the judiciary, said the bill responds to the distinct needs of women who appear in criminal courts and emphasized the treatment-court model. "Whenever we can save a life and put them back together, heal the harm that has been done to them, we've accomplished so much," Judge Kim said, describing the wider effects on families and communities.
Testimony from treatment-court staff and community members described an acute shortage of behavioral-health and mental-health services on the Big Island. Grayson Hashida,…
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