Community Alliance on Prisons

03/16/2023

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/03/legislature-must-fully-fund-correctional-system-oversight-commission/

Hawaii’s jails and prisons have been part of the hidden world of punishment for decades.

02/14/2023

Email Sen. Wakai ([email protected]) & ask that he schedule SB347 (limits the use of solitary confinement) for hearing!

09/16/2022

https://time.com/6211619/long-prison-sentences-youthful-offenders/

People age out of crime. Sentences should reflect that.

09/12/2022

https://www.highereddive.com/news/colleges-prepare-to-expand-programming-when-pell-grants-are-reinstated-for/630627/

Programs will be required to support students holistically, with academic advising, career advising and easily transferable credits.

06/09/2022

The lawsuit alleges Global Tel Link overcharged inmates and their families, and people who used the system have until next week to file for reimbursement.

03/27/2022

https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1486256&utm_source=Civil+Beat+Master+List&utm_campaign=e180f762e3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_25_11_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_51c2dd3cf3-e180f762e3-401743253&mc_cid=e180f762e3&mc_eid=6f7fb1bf9c

As coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons she lobbies lawmakers and other officials for a more humane system. It's an uphill battle.

11/04/2021

November 18, 2021 | San Francisco’s District Attorney, former public defender, Rhodes scholar

07/23/2021

It starts with a willingness by former inmates to change and includes supportive programs and caring employers.

05/04/2021

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-30/momentum-growing-to-enact-national-standard-for-police-use-of-force

California and other states have taken the lead to address police use of force, especially deadly force, but momentum grows for a national standard.

05/04/2021

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/05/03/he-spent-six-days-in-a-cell-covered-in-feces-the-supreme-court-says-he-can-sue-his-jailers

It’s the first time in years the highest court allowed such a suit to proceed. The ruling suggests it is reconsidering protections for officers who cause harm.

05/04/2021

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/04/make-hawaiis-law-enforcement-review-board-permanent/

Two recent officer-involved shootings in Honolulu illustrate why an independent and transparent accounting is so necessary.

04/19/2021

Conference committees start today! CAP has 9 bills still alive; they have all been assigned conferees; and 5 have been scheduled for the same meeting on Monday! That is pretty darn good for this weird and gnarly session.

No meetings have been set for SB 664 yet. If the bill dies, the consultants continue feeding at the public trough, while families in the communities most impacted by incarcerated struggle to stay housed and feed their families and oversight of our very broken ʻcorrectionalʻ system will still be done by a volunteer Commission with no staff, no funding, and no support. Below is the list of Conferees for each bill and meeting dates for the 5 bills scheduled for Monday.

The list is followed by links to several articles about the VERY DISAPPOINTING Order from the Hawai`i Supreme Court to stop releasing people because of COVID, while they protect the courts and their staff from infection. This is a strong statement that defies the CDC Directorʻs waring about the looming threat and the fact that 3 of the mutations are in Hawai`i and cases are rising. WOW, caving in to politics.

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ON PRISONS UPDATE
APRIL 17, 2021 CONFEREES + MEETINGS

ASSET FORFEITURE
SB294 SD1, HD1
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=294&year=2021
SENATE: Rhoads (Chair), Lee, Fevella
HOUSE: Matayoshi, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ward
· 04-19-21 2:15PM; CR 325


BAIL
SB 1260 SD1 , HD1
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1260&year=2021
SENATE: Rhoads (Chair), Keohokalole, Fevella
HOUSE: Nakashima, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ward.
· 04-19-21 2:15PM; CR 325


ENHANCED SENTENCING
CRIMES ON AG LAND
SB219 SD2, HD2
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=219&year=20214
SENATE: Gabbard, Rhoads (Co-Chairs), Nishihara, Fevella
HOUSE: Hashem, Nakashima, Cullen Co-Chairs; Todd, Matsumoto


FUNDING FOR HAWAI`I CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION
FORMERLY REQUIREMENT TO BUILD OCCC
SB664 SD1, HD2
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=664&year=2021
SENATE: Nishihara, Rhoads (Co-Chairs), English
HOUSE: Ohno, Matayoshi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Ganaden, McDermott


JUNETEENTH
SB 939 HD2
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=939&year=2021
SENATE: Moriwaki Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Taniguchi
HOUSE: Gates, Matayoshi, B. Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Tokioka, Ward


POLICING –
NO KNOCK WARRANTS
SB726 HD1
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=726&year=20211
SENATE: Rhoads (Chair), Lee, Fevella
HOUSE: Nakashima Chair; Todd, Ward
· 04-19-21 2:15PM; CR 325


SENTENCING –
TRAFFIC OFFENSES; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
HB 631 HD1, SD1
HOUSE: Nakashima, Yamash*ta Co-Chairs; D. Kobayashi, Ward
SENATE: Rhoads Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella


VOTING
AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
SB 159 SD1, HD1
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=159&year=2021
SENATE: Rhoads (Chair), Lee, Fevella
HOUSE: Nakashima, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ward
· 04-19-21 2:15PM; CR 325


VOTE BY MAIL
SB548 SD1, HD2
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=548&year=2021
SENATE: Rhoads (Chair), Lee, Fevella
HOUSE: Nakashima, Cullen Co-Chairs; Ward
· 04-19-21 2:15PM; CR 325
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LIST OF 339 BILLS HEADED TO CONFERENCE
+ 1 - SB 726 No Knock Warrants Vote 4.19:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/advreports/advreport.aspx?year=2021&report=deadline&rpt_type=secondCross_ammend&measuretype=HB,SB&title=Second%20Crossover