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This concurrent resolution requests the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to partner with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to utilize inmate work furlough programs for maintaining state roadways and highways. The resolution highlights the significant challenges inmates face when reentering society, including a high recidivism rate of over 50% in Hawaii, and proposes a solution that could benefit both the state's infrastructure and the inmates' rehabilitation process. Work furlough programs are described as opportunities for eligible inmates to seek employment, establish financial stability, develop social connections, and find housing before release. By engaging inmates in highway maintenance tasks like pothole management and vegetation control, the resolution aims to provide a meaningful workforce solution for the DOT while offering inmates valuable work experience that could help reduce their likelihood of reoffending. The resolution requests that the DCR and DOT collaborate to implement this program and directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the directors of both departments.

Government Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SCR&billnumber=32&year=2025