Corrections Population Management Commission

The Corrections Population Management Commission monitors Hawaii's correctional population, reviews prison overcrowding conditions, and makes nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo to ka ʻAhaʻōlelo and Department of Public Safety on strategies to manage the prison population within safe and constitutional limits. Nānā aku nei ia i alternatives to incarceration, early release criteria, and the fiscal and human costs of incarceration. Hawaii's practice of sending inmates to mainland prisons is a recurring issue in the commission's work.

The commission's nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo affect criminal sentencing policy, the conditions of confinement for Hawaii inmates, and the fiscal resources the state devotes to corrections. Families of incarcerated individuals, justice reform advocates, and taxpayers all he kuleana ko lākou ma the commission's work.