PART I.

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PART I. [OLD] PRISONS AND PRISONERS GENERALLY

§§353-1 to 353-50 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1987, c 338, §3(2).

Note

L 1987, c 127, §2 and c 142, pt of §1 purport to amend repealed §§353-1.1, 353-1.2, 353-4, and 353-30.

PART I. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND SERVICES

Law Journals and Reviews

The Hawaii Prison Inmate's Emerging Right to Due Process. 10 HBJ, no. 4, at 115 (1974).

§353-1 Definitions; director may delegate powers. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Committed person" means a person committed to the custody of the director of corrections and rehabilitation for imprisonment pursuant to chapter 706, including a probationer serving a term of imprisonment pursuant to section 706-624(2)(a) and a misdemeanant or petty misdemeanant sentenced pursuant to section 706-663.

"Department" means the department of corrections and rehabilitation.

"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. [L 1987, c 338, pt of §3; am L 1989, c 211, §8; am L 1993, c 72, §1; am L 2022, c 278, §29]