REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, IN PLANNING AND DESIGNING THE NEW OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN HALAWA, TO INCLUDE A CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT FACILITY AND ESTABLISH A RELEASE PROCEDURE UNDER WHICH DETAINEES OR INMATES, UPON RELEASE, ARE TRANSPORTED TO A SITE OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES OR PUBLIC SPACES.

This House Concurrent Resolution (HCR 23) requests the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to include a court facility within the new Oahu Community Correctional Center in Halawa and establish release procedures that transport individuals to locations away from residential neighborhoods or public parks. It aims to reduce the need for transporting inmates between the facility and Honolulu courts (addressing costs, emissions, and traffic) and mitigate public safety concerns about releases directly into communities. The resolution specifically asks the department to coordinate with the judiciary to add court space and implement the new release protocol. As a procedural request - not a law - it directs the department to consider these changes during the facility's planning phase.