Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission

The Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission meets on the third Thursday of every month at 9am. The monthly meeting is offered as a hybrid meeting where Commissioners and members of the public can participate in person, or via teleconference. Further details are noted in the agenda for all upcoming meetings.

Meeting Time:

Third Thursday of the month at 9am

Meeting Location:

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR)
830 Punchbowl Street, Room 310
Honolulu, HI 96813

Teleconference:

Zoom Meeting ID: 964 1109 6050

 

2023 Meetings

January 26, 2023 – 2pm

• Meeting Agenda
  • HCSOC Bill Review – January 2023
  • HCSOC Bill Review with Comments
  • HB68 Presentation – Funding to Establish a Pretrial Database and Reporting System

January 19, 2023

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes 
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 2022.12.30 Letter to PSD re EMR
    • 2023.01.06 PSD response re EMR

2022 Meetings

December 15, 2022

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 2022.11.29 Letter to Director Otani re Saguaro Limited Legal Call Schedule
    • 2022.12.19 PSD Response to Saguaro Limited Legal Call Schedule
  • 2022.12.15 – Letter to Director Tommy Johnson re Corrections Working Group Report dated October 25, 2022

November 17, 2022

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video
• Meeting Audio

Testimonies:

• • PSD Response to Reform Working Group Report 221025
  • 2022.11.14 Testimony – Reporting of Deaths in Department of Public Safety Facilities
  • Chapter 353L Amendments
  • Chapter 353 Inmate Deaths
  • Letter to Mayor Roth regarding Creation of a Justice-Involved Homeless Intergovernmental Collaboration Group

October 20, 2022

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • PSD MEMO: Privileged Mail Directive – COR. #2022-2789
  • 2022.9.23 Testimony – Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Jails and Prisons
  • 2022.10.20 Testimony – Mental Health is not Mental Crime
  • 2022.10.4 Report from Correctional Reform Working Group: Getting It Right – Recommendations and Action Plan for a Better Jail (with Appendix)
    • Jail-Hospital Infographic
    • Prevalence of Chronic Medical Conditions of the Jail Population and General Public 2-11-2012
  • PSD Response to Reform Working Group Report 221025
  • YWCA – Fernhurst – Oversight Commission Presentation

October 11, 2022 – Limited Meeting

• Limited Meeting Agenda – Fernhurst
• Meeting Audio

September 22, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video

August 18, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Video

July 21, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes – (Amended)
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

June 23, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

July 20, 2022:

• Oversight Commission Gathering

June 16, 2022:

• Notice of Cancellation for June 16, 2022

May 19, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

April 21, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

March 17, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

March 4, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

February 25, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

February 17, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • Santa Clara County Move Forward With New Jail 
  • OIP email to the Commission on February 15, 2022

February 11, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 01272022 Testimony
  • 01102022 Testimony
  • 01012022 Testimony
  • 01022022 Testimony
  • 01092022 Testimony

January 28, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

January 13, 2022:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 010322 Letter from Commission to House and Senate
  • Getting It Right: Better Ideas for a New Jail

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2021 Meetings

December 16, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

November 18, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

November 16, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

November 10, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

November 9, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

November 2, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

October 21, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

September 30, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

September 16, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

August 19, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Text
• Meeting Video

July 15, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio

June 24, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio

May 20, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

April 15, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio

Testimonies:

• • Department of Public Safety
  • MCCC Slideshow Cover CovidOutbreakAtMCCC

March 18, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

February 18, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 021821 Dissent by Justice Wilson
  • 021821 Oversight Commission presentation 021821
  • 021821 HSCSOC 2021 Legislative Report 1

January 14, 2021:

• Meeting Agenda

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2020 Meetings

December 17, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

November 19, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

Testimonies:

• • Locked Out, Looking In–How Correctional Oversight Agencies are Adapting During COVID (1)
  • RJ Proposal for Corrections Commission 11.19.2020
  • 2020.11.17 – ACLU Letter to Oversight Commission re Recommendations to Legislature
  • Pretrial Release Bill Draft km 11.15.20
  • Pretrial Reform 2.0 Presentation 11.15.20 km
  • Nov. 13 Friday Oversight Commission Doc
  • 11192020 Testimony

October 15, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • Hawaii Correctional Facilities – Infectious Disease Emergency Capacities

September 17, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Video

August 20, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Notice of Continuance of Meeting

July 28, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Audio
• Meeting Video

Testimonies:

• • 2020.06.16 – ACLU Letter to Oversight Commission
  • 2020.05.12 – Exh 12 – ACLU HI and LEJ Ltr to Special Master re Reentry from Jails and Prisons (5-12-2020)
  • 2020.04.13 – ACLU and LEJ Objections to Special Master’s Interim Report

June 25, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

June 9, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

May 22, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

April 30, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

March 23, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda

March 12, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes Summary
• Meeting Audio

February 20, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes Summary
• Meeting Audio

January 16, 2020:

• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes Summary
• Meeting Audio

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