REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION TO INCREMENTALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INMATES INCARCERATED IN PRIVATE, OUT-OF-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

HR 148 is a House Resolution requesting Hawaii's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to step-by-step reduce the number of state inmates held in private, out-of-state prisons. It directly affects Hawaii inmates currently incarcerated in these facilities, which separate them from family and community support networks. The resolution requires the department to submit annual progress reports to the Legislature by 2027-2030, detailing their reduction efforts. This is a non-binding request, not a law, focusing on phasing out the practice of sending inmates to mainland private prisons.