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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-12

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • program: is synonymous with facility, agency, unit, and organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2
  • treatment program: means a program concerned with education, prevention, or treatment directed toward achieving the prevention of substance abuse, or the social, mental, and physical restoration of substance abusers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353G-2

A person’s satisfactory progress in a treatment program as determined by the treatment program‘s report shall be considered a mitigating factor and evidence of the person’s amenability to treatment for purposes of determining the terms and conditions of parole or other release from a correctional center or facility.