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28-665: The prison contracts with the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as well as the Idaho Department of Corrections . As of 2016, the prison, located in the Sonoran Desert , houses the majority of the State of Hawaii 's male prison population. Saguaro, which houses multiple security levels, is on Arizona State Highway 87 , halfway between Phoenix and Tucson . Saguaro is adjacent to three other prisons also run by CCA:

56-511: A Secretary of State , is entirely removed from the legislative process. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Each session of the state legislature lasts for two years, starting in each odd year. Article III, Section 10 of the Hawaii Constitution states that the legislature must convene annually in regular session at 10 a.m. on the third Wednesday in January. Regular sessions are limited to

84-584: A lack of pending criminal cases in Hawaii, and a lack of major health and medical issues. Attorney Daphne Barbee said that she had clients with cases pending who were sent to the mainland anyway. According to Kevin Dayton of the Honolulu Advertiser , some inmates prefer to stay on the mainland for superior educational programs, drug treatment programs, and other programs that a prisoner would complete before he or she

112-464: A period of 60 working days, which exclude Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and designated recess days. The practical effect of having a two-year session is that any bill introduced in the first (odd-numbered) year which does not pass may be considered in the second year at the point in the process where its progress stopped. At the end of the biennium, however, all bills that did not pass the legislature die; to be considered again they must be reintroduced in

140-457: Is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii . The mission of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is "to provide a secure correctional environment for comprehensive rehabilitative, holistic, and wraparound re-entry services to persons sentenced to our custody and care with professionalism, integrity, respect, and fairness." Prior to 2024,

168-516: Is also responsible for overseeing four prisons: Kulani Correctional Facility is located on the Big Island of Hawaii , while the remaining three prisons are located on the island of Oahu . In 1995 the State of Hawaii began contracting with prisons outside of Hawaii to house prisoners from Hawaii. The criteria for sending inmates to private prisons on the mainland include a minimum sentence of 24 months,

196-608: Is considered for parole. Other prisoners, particularly those with young children and families, prefer to stay in Hawaii. The Mainland Section initially contracted with three facilities, one in Kentucky and two in Arizona , to house prisoners sentenced in Hawaii. The Kentucky prison, Otter Creek Correctional Center , was a designated women's prison run by Corrections Corporation of America . After numerous reports of prison staff sexually abusing inmates, Hawaii brought its prisoners home from

224-593: Is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii , consisting of the Hawaii State Senate ( upper house with 25 member) and the Hawaii State House of Representatives ( lower house with 51 representatives). Each lawmaker represents single member district across the state. The powers of the legislature are granted under Article III of the Constitution of Hawaii . The legislature convenes at

252-702: The Eloy Detention Center , the La Palma Correctional Facility , and the Red Rock Correctional Center . The nearest cities with food and lodging are Coolidge and Casa Grande . The $ 95 million Saguaro prison was dedicated on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. The opening meant that the Hawaii Department of Public Safety could consolidate prisoners who had been held in CoreCivic private prisons in Kentucky , Mississippi , and Oklahoma . When

280-477: The Governor of Hawaii , both houses of the legislature must vote by a two-thirds majority to overrule the governor. Bills presented to the governor more than ten days before the end of that year's session must be signed into law or vetoed within ten days. Bills presented within the final ten days of the session have 45 calendar days to be signed or vetoed, provided the governor gives notice of what bills may be vetoed by

308-883: The Hawaii State Capitol building in the state capital of Honolulu , on the island of Oahu . The legislature is a descendant of the two houses of the parliament for the Kingdom of Hawaii , the Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom , created in the 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom and continued in the subsequent 1852 Constitution as the Legislature of the Hawaiian Islands, consisting of the House of Representatives (Hawaiian Kingdom) and

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336-534: The House of Nobles . Following the overthrow and fall of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i in 1894 this Legislature became the legislative body of the briefly established Republic of Hawaii , and shortly afterwards under the newly organized Territory of Hawaii following the annexation by the United States in 1898. The current Hawaii State Legislature was created following the passage of the Hawaii Admission Act by

364-822: The United States Congress in 1959 when the Territory of Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th State. The 51 members of the House are elected to two-year terms without term limits . The 25 members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms, also without term limits. Like many other state legislatures in the United States , the Hawaii State Legislature is a part-time body and legislators often have active careers outside of government. According to Article III, section 4 of

392-416: The 1,897-bed facility houses 1,871 male prisoners. SCC has stun fences and alarm systems that are designed to prevent escapes and false alarms. It also houses X-ray machines, metal detectors, and security cameras that, according to the prison administration, are "virtually impossible" to destroy. The facility was designed to serve male and female prisoners. CCA arranged for the prison to serve a menu catering to

420-493: The 35th day. The Legislature has the option of calling a special session on the forty-fifth day to vote to override any of the vetoed bills. All bills that are not vetoed or signed become law automatically without the governor's signature. (This system stands in contrast to the pocket veto power held by the president at the federal level.) The governor also has extensive line-item veto power: bills that appropriate money can have their appropriations reduced or removed entirely by

448-474: The Department of Public Safety retained the corrections functions and was renamed as the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. According to the Act 278, the Legislature believed that the reorganization would "allow the efficient use of resources in administering correctional programs and administering and maintaining public and private correctional services." The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has

476-650: The Hawaii State Constitution, a legislator's term begins on the day of the general election and ends the day of the general election if a new member is elected. Members of both houses vote to select presiding officers from within their ranks, such as the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate . These positions are customarily held by members of the majority party in each chamber. The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii , who also serves as Hawaii's equivalent of

504-453: The Legislature moved temporarily to State Office Tower and Hemmeter Building, also known as No. 1 Capitol District Building . During this time, the Capitol was renovated to meet growing technological needs and improved accessibility for disabled people. The legislature moved back to the Capitol for the 1996 session. Prior to Governor John A. Burns 's decision to build the new Capitol building,

532-547: The department was called as the Hawaii Department of Public Safety and it managed Hawaii's jails and prisons as well as some of the state's law enforcement functions, including the Hawaii State Sheriff. Beginning on January 1, 2024, as directed by Act 278, which was passed by the Hawaii State Legislature in 2022, those law enforcement functions were moved into a separate Department of Law Enforcement , while

560-783: The facility in August 2009. CCA closed the facility in 2013. The state also removed its prisoners from CCA's Red Rock Correctional Center in Arizona in 2014. About 1,900 male Hawaii state inmates are held at CCA's Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona . This represents the majority of Hawaii's male inmate population. The Rehabilitation Services and Programs Division provides education, job training, and furlough programs and resources to inmates. Hawaii State Legislature Minority Minority The Hawaii State Legislature ( Hawaiian : Ka ‘Aha‘ōlelo kau kānāwai o ka Moku‘āina o Hawai‘i )

588-560: The following divisions: Office of the Director, Administration, Corrections, and Rehabilitation Services and Programs. This division provides administrative support to the department. It comprises the fiscal office, human resources office, and training and staff development. The Corrections Division comprises the following units: The division oversees four jails, which house pretrial inmates, short-term misdemeanants, and felony offenders who have almost completed their sentences: The division

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616-489: The governor before signing the bill (except where they appropriate money for the judicial or legislative branches). The state legislature does not have the power to override such a veto. The Hawaii State Legislature was moved to the Hawaii State Capitol in the Capital District near downtown Honolulu on March 15, 1969. Following the 1991 session, the Capitol building was closed for four years for asbestos removal, and

644-675: The hospital after being involved in incidents occurring at Saguaro. 42-year-old Patrick Garcia died in May 2008. 60-year-old James Kendricks died in August 2008. An inmate named Cartel, while being transported to a nearby hospital, died in October 2008. In February 2010, 26-year-old Bronson Nunuha was murdered while under a 22-hour-per-day lockdown. 23-year-old Clifford Medina died on June 8, 2010. As of 2010, three Hawaii prisoners, including at least one from Saguaro, are facing capital murder charges from crimes that prosecutors say were committed in private prisons on

672-590: The mainland that house Hawaii prisoners. In 2010, Kat Brady, a coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons, argued that the State of Hawaii is not forcing CCA to demonstrate accountability and transparency while the state is paying CCA to operate the prison. During that year, Ron Thompson, the vice president of operations of CCA, responded to Brady's editorial, saying that the prisons are independently audited. The State of Hawaii annually spends over $ 60 million per year to house prisoners at Saguaro. As of 2010,

700-520: The new session. Article III, Section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution state that members of the Hawaii Senate must have been a resident of Hawaii for more than three years, have attained the age of majority and must, prior to filing nomination papers and thereafter continue to be, a qualified voter of the senate district from which the person seeks to be elected. An exception to this rule is that in

728-414: The prison opened, 160 employees were hired, and some employees had experience working with Hawaii convicts. The staff members attended a "Hawaiian diversity training class" on the day of the prison's dedication. Louise Grant, the vice president of marketing and communications for CCA, said that the prison was intended to have 300 employees. In a two-year span, from 2008 to 2010, four Hawaii prisoners died at

756-408: The tastes of Hawaii prisoners. Louise Grant said that the prison observes Hawaii holidays, and the operations will accommodate Hawaiian religious belief practices. 32°48′50″N 111°31′28″W  /  32.81389°N 111.52444°W  / 32.81389; -111.52444 Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR)

784-530: The year of the first general election following district changes, but prior to the primary election, an incumbent senator may move to a new district without being disqualified from completing the remainder of the incumbent senator's term. Members of the Hawaii House of Representatives must also have been residents of Hawaii for more than three years, must have attained the age of majority, and live in their respective house districts. In order to override vetoes by

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