(a) The Hawaii paroling authority shall implement alternative programs that place, control, supervise, and treat selected parolees in lieu of incarceration.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-63.5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Department: means the department of corrections and rehabilitation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-1
  • Director: means the director of corrections and rehabilitation; provided that the signing or approval of vouchers and other routine matters may be delegated by the director to any authorized subordinate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-1
(b) The authority may impose participation in alternative programs as a condition of parole or as an amended condition of parole.
(c) As used in this section, “alternative programs” mean programs which, from time to time, are created and funded by legislative appropriation or federal grant naming the Hawaii paroling authority or the department of corrections and rehabilitation on behalf of the Hawaii paroling authority as the expending agency and which are intended to provide an alternative to incarceration. Alternative programs may include:

(1) Home detention, curfew using electronic monitoring and surveillance, or both;
(2) Intensive supervision, residential supervision, work-furlough, and structured educational or vocational programs;
(3) Therapeutic residential and nonresidential programs; and
(4) Similar programs created and designated as alternative programs by the legislature, the chairperson of the Hawaii paroling authority, or the director of corrections and rehabilitation for parolees who do not pose significant risks to the community.
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