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HI Rev Stat § 352-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-8 Guardianship and custody of the person committed.

 §352-8 Guardianship and custody of the person committed. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director shall be the guardian of every youth committed to or received at the Hawaii youth correctional facilities. The director shall have all the powers and duties of a natural guardian of the youth; provided that the director shall not be liable in damages for the tortious acts committed by the youth.  (b) The director shall have custody of any committed person who is eighteen years of age or older for the period provided for by the court. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 2004, c 161, §36] Case Notes  State has duty to exercise reasonable care in its supervision of persons committed to its custody. 61 H. 369, 604 P.2d 1198 (1979).
HI Rev Stat § 352-8.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-8.5 Reentry plans; notification.

  §352-8.5 Reentry plans; notification. (a) The director or the director's designee shall develop a comprehensive reentry plan for each person committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities who is not serving a concurrent term of probation. The scope of the reentry plan shall address the period of time from admission to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities until parole or final discharge from the department. The reentry plan shall seek to prepare committed persons for transition to the community. The reentry plan required under this section shall be completed within thirty days of a person's commitment to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities and shall include:  (1) Programming, treatment, and service needs identified in the most recently conducted risk and needs assessment;  (2) Individualized goals to guide successful reentry to the community during parole or following final discharge; and  (3) Identification of, and a plan for, coordination with agencies that can provide or contract for existing programs and services relevant or necessary for successful reentry.  (b) The director or the director's designee shall consult with a committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian in developing the terms of the reentry plan and provide written copies of the plan to the committed person and the committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian. If requested, the director or the director's designee shall provide regular updates on the committed person's progress concerning the reentry plan to the committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian.  (c) The director or the director's designee may collaborate with, and provide information to, the probation officer of a person committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities who is serving a concurrent term of probation, upon the probation officer's request, for the probation officer to incorporate the reentry plan into the person's case plan required under section 571-48.5 at the probation officer's discretion.  (d) The director or the director's designee shall notify the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, and any relevant agency or service provider that may be involved in the person's transition to the community, at least thirty days prior to discharging a committed person, of the intended discharge of the person.  (e) The director or the director's designee shall review, and update if necessary, reentry plans for each person taken into custody pursuant to section 352-26. [L 2014, c 201, §2] Note  Section applies to delinquent behavior committed on or after July 1, 2014. L 2014, c 201, §21.
HI Rev Stat § 352-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-9 Period committed.

 §352-9 Period committed. (a) All persons committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities shall be committed for the period of their minority or as otherwise ordered by the court. Such persons may be placed on furlough or parole if deemed appropriate. The power to discharge a person committed to a youth correctional facility is reserved to the director; provided that the director shall give a thirty-day notice of such intended discharge to the appropriate court and to the prosecutor's office of the appropriate county. Prior court approval for furlough, parole, or discharge of all minors, committed by the family court to a youth correctional facility for the period of their minority or otherwise, shall be obtained when such is specifically required in the commitment order. In any case, no person nineteen years or older shall be incarcerated in a youth correctional facility.  (b) In those cases where the term of commitment to a youth correctional facility extends beyond the person's nineteenth birthday, the person shall be placed on juvenile parole pursuant to the original family court order for the balance of the person's term of commitment; provided that such term does not extend beyond the person's twentieth birthday unless earlier terminated. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1990, c 92, §1; am L 1997, c 325, §1; am L 1998, c 190, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 352-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-10 Circuit court disposition of offenders under eighteen years.

  §352-10 Circuit court disposition of offenders under eighteen years. The circuit court shall commit all offenders under eighteen years of age, duly convicted before the court, to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities in all cases where the court deems the sentence to be more suitable than the punishment otherwise authorized by law. In such a case, when the term of confinement ordered by the court extends beyond the offender's eighteenth birthday, the offender shall, upon reaching the age of eighteen, be committed to the custody of the department of public safety for completion of the sentence. Persons committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities under this section may be furloughed or paroled by the director, unless the commitment order issued by the court requires prior approval by the court or unless the offender is subject to a mandatory term of imprisonment which term has not yet expired. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1997, c 318, §1; am L 2021, c 61, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 352-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-11 Commitments directed, how.

 §352-11 Commitments directed, how. All commitments from the family courts of the State shall be directed to the director and may specify the appropriate facility for placement purposes. The committing court or judge shall designate a juvenile probation officer, police officer, or any qualified person to deliver the committed person to a youth correctional facility. The officer or person designated to deliver the committed person to the designated facility shall be charged by such commitment with the execution of all orders for the custody and safekeeping of the person committed to the director until delivered to the director or the director's duly authorized agent. All direct expenses excluding salaries or wages attending the delivery of such committed persons to their places of destination shall be paid by the court. The director shall be charged by such commitments with the execution of all orders for the custody, placement, and safekeeping of the committed persons. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-12 Segregation of committed persons.

 §352-12 Segregation of committed persons. Persons committed to the youth correctional facilities shall be kept segregated based on considerations including age, maturity level, attitude, behavior, offense committed, commitment period, and rehabilitation status. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-13 Evaluation, counseling, training.

 §352-13 Evaluation, counseling, training. The director shall provide the opportunity for intelligence and aptitude evaluation, psychological testing and counseling, prevocational and vocational training, and employment counseling to all persons committed to the youth correctional facilities. Counseling services shall be available for the committed person's family including a reciprocal beneficiary, during the term of commitment. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1997, c 383, §50]
HI Rev Stat § 352-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-14 Educational programs provided by the department of education.

 §352-14 Educational programs provided by the department of education. The department of education shall provide educational programs for those persons committed to the youth correctional facilities. These educational programs shall be adapted to the needs of the persons committed as prescribed by the department of education in coordination with the director. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1987, c 338, §10; am L 1989, c 211, §8; am L 1991, c 114, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 352-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-15 Recreational and program activities.

 §352-15 Recreational and program activities. The director shall provide the opportunity for the recreation of those persons committed to the facilities. Work programs for such persons shall be established and may include farming, sewing, plant nursery, and animal husbandry. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-16 Establishment of work release.

 §352-16 Establishment of work release. (a) The director, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the director, may establish a work release plan for persons who are committed to the director's care and who are receiving care and treatment in a youth correctional facility; provided that such a plan shall not interfere with any educational program in which such persons may be enrolled.  (b) Under such a work release plan, any such person may be authorized to secure or continue in suitable employment outside of such youth correctional facility, and unless otherwise authorized by the department with respect to specific cases, return to and remain in such facility during non-working hours.  (c) Employment under such a work release plan may be at a wage less than the minimum wage authorized in chapter 387; provided that no more than five hours of a person's workweek shall be paid at wages less than the minimum wage.  (d) It shall be the duty of the employer of a person participating in a work release plan to transmit to the director the earnings of such persons. The transmission to the director of the earnings of such person shall operate to discharge such employer from any further obligation to such person except with respect to any taxes lawfully withheld from the wages of such person.  (e) The earnings transmitted to the director by a person's employer under a work release plan shall be held to the account of such person. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1981, c 224, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 352-17 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-17 Compensation in facilities.

 §352-17 Compensation in facilities. The director may provide, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the director, for the payment of compensation, which shall not be considered as wages, for work performed by a person placed in a youth correctional facility while in such facility and not participating in a work release plan under section 352-16. The compensation shall be credited to the account of such person. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-18 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-18 Establishment of trust accounts.

 §352-18 Establishment of trust accounts. All sums collected pursuant to sections 352-16 and 352-17, and from other authorized sources shall be placed in a bank trust account or federally insured savings account to the credit of persons committed pursuant to this chapter. The director or director's agent shall maintain individual ledger accounts for each committed person and shall issue each person a periodic statement showing deposits and withdrawals. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-19 Withdrawals from accounts.

 §352-19 Withdrawals from accounts. (a) The director may permit withdrawals by a committed person from the person's account for the following purposes:  (1) Disbursement to the dependents of such person for such amounts as the person is legally obligated to pay;  (2) To satisfy the whole or part of any debt of such person;  (3) Disbursement to relatives of the person;  (4) To secure a release from any person making a claim against the committed person for crimes affecting property.  (b) The director may make withdrawals from a committed person's account for purposes of restitution payments as ordered by a court.  (c) The director may retain any balance remaining until the termination of the director's legal custody of such person at which time the director shall transfer the balance to the person, the person's guardian, or to whomever legal custody is transferred. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-20 Disposition of inactive accounts.

 §352-20 Disposition of inactive accounts. Where money in an individual person's account on the books of the Hawaii youth correctional facilities has not been claimed by such person or the person's legal representative within one year after the person has or would have reached the age of majority, the director shall remit to the director of finance all moneys standing to the credit of the person in the account, taking the receipt of the director of finance therefor. All such moneys shall thereupon, become a state realization; provided that at any such time within five years after the payment into the treasury of moneys from any such account, the person or the legal representative of the person, who would have been entitled to receive the same from the director upon making satisfactory proof to the comptroller of the State of such right, shall receive the amount thereof out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated upon warrant drawn by the comptroller. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-21 Youth correctional facilities' benefit fund; disposition of income.

 §352-21 Youth correctional facilities' benefit fund; disposition of income. The director shall establish a youth correctional facilities' benefit fund for the purpose of the welfare and recreation of the persons committed. The director shall deposit all moneys arising from any program activities at the facilities, except those amounts credited to the committed persons' accounts pursuant to section 352-18, to the credit of the youth correctional facilities' benefit fund. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-22 Periodic reexamination of status of persons committed to the department.

 §352-22 Periodic reexamination of status of persons committed to the department. The director shall cause to be made periodic reexamination of the status of each person who is committed to the department and who has not been finally discharged from such commitment, which shall:  (1) Include a study of all pertinent circumstances of such person's personal and family situation and an evaluation of the progress made by such person since the previous study;  (2) Be made for the purpose of ascertaining all relevant facts necessary to determine whether existing decisions, orders, and dispositions with respect to such persons should be modified or continued in force; and  (3) Be conducted as frequently as the department deems necessary but in any event, at intervals not to exceed six months with respect to each such person. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1)]
HI Rev Stat § 352-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-23 Community services program.

 §352-23 Community services program. There is established a community services program within the youth correctional facilities which shall coordinate the placement of persons committed to the care of the director in educational, vocational, and work release programs and residential placement. The program also shall advise the director or the director's duly authorized agent as to the granting of parole, furlough, release, and other matters affecting the commitment of a person. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1987, c 132, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 352-23.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-23.5 Gender-responsive, community-based programs for female adjudicated youth.

  §352-23.5 Gender-responsive, community-based programs for female adjudicated youth. Subject to funding by the legislature, the office of youth services shall develop and make available gender-responsive, community-based programs for female adjudicated youth by providing female adjudicated youth the appropriate range of opportunities to ensure that their needs are met. Program models designed to address the needs of female adjudicated youth shall include but are not limited to:  (1) Appropriate treatment, including mental health and substance abuse treatment;  (2) Individualized case management to help female juvenile offenders set and achieve goals;  (3) Life skills development workshops, including budgeting, money management, nutrition, and exercise;  (4) Development of self-determination through education; employment training; special education for the learning disabled; and social, cognitive, communication, and life skills training;  (5) Family-focused programming, including issues relating to pregnancy and single parenthood;  (6) Peer support and the development of peer networks;  (7) Transitional support for female adjudicated youth and their families to promote successful reentry into their families, schools, and communities;   (8) Highly skilled staff experienced in working with female adjudicated youth and their concerns;  (9) Formal recognition of participant achievement;  (10) Ongoing attention to building community-based support;  (11) Assistance for female adjudicated youth who need to develop a marketable job skill and a career plan;  (12) Geographical proximity to children and family;  (13) Preparation of female adjudicated youth for the resumption of their education; and  (14) The goal of providing a gender-responsive continuum of care. [L 2006, c 258, §3] Cross References  Parity for female offenders, see chapter 367D.
HI Rev Stat § 352-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-24 Juvenile parole program.

 §352-24 Juvenile parole program. The director shall establish a program of juvenile parole. The duties of the juvenile parole officer shall include:  (1) Assisting in locating appropriate residential placement for paroled persons;  (2) Efforts to obtain suitable employment for paroled persons;  (3) Assisting a paroled person in adjusting to community life by familiarizing the person with available community resources and providing opportunities for counseling;  (4) Maintaining a record of all paroled persons and periodically updating information therein concerning the residence, employment, and wages, and such details concerning the person's health, conduct, and environment as may come to the juvenile parole officer's attention either from reports or through the officer's own personal investigation;  (5) To make such other investigations, secure such other information and data, perform such other duties, and make such other reports, in addition to those which may be required by law, as may be required by the director. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1987, c 132, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 352-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-25 Furlough, parole, discharge.

 §352-25 Furlough, parole, discharge. (a) The director, for good reasons shown to the director's satisfaction, may furlough or parole any person committed to the director's custody. The director shall give the court and the prosecutor's office of the appropriate county a thirty-day notice prior to discharging a committed person. Prior court approval shall be obtained when such is specifically required in the commitment order.  No furlough, parole, or discharge shall be granted unless it appears to the director that there is a reasonable probability that the person will not violate the law and that the person's release is not incompatible with the welfare and safety of society.  (b) When granting parole, the director shall consider whether:  (1) The results of a risk and needs assessment indicate the person is at a lower risk to reoffend;  (2) The person has substantially complied with the facility rules and has had no significant misconduct in the prior two months;  (3) The person has demonstrated efforts toward rehabilitation;  (4) The person is likely to follow the reentry plan established pursuant to section 352-8.5; and  (5) A home visit has been completed and the living situation upon parole is determined to be safe and conducive to rehabilitation.  The form of furlough or parole may include return to the person's own home, transfer to another youth correctional facility, a group home or foster home placement, or other appropriate alternative. Nonresidential programs may be made available to selected persons on furlough such that they return to the facility during nontreatment hours.  (c) The director shall submit an annual report to the board of family court judges and the Hawaii juvenile justice state advisory council. The report shall include the number of persons committed to the director's custody who are not serving a concurrent term of probation, the number of those persons who were granted parole in the previous year, the length of the parole term for each paroled person, and the number of persons on parole who return to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities for any reason. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1990, c 92, §2; am L 1997, c 325, §2; am L 2014, c 201, §4] Note  The 2014 amendment applies to delinquent behavior committed on or after July 1, 2014. L 2014, c 201, §21.
HI Rev Stat § 352-26.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|352. Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities|352-26.1 Public disclosure of information upon escape.

  §352-26.1 Public disclosure of information upon escape. The director, with the concurrence of the police, shall publicly disclose the name, the place of residence, a photograph, and the prior adjudications for offenses which, if the person were an adult, would be a felony, of any person who escapes while committed to the youth correctional facility; provided that the crime for which the person was committed involved the use of force or violence or the threat of force or violence, which is punishable as a felony. [L 1983, c 157, §1]