HRS §352-10
When a court sends someone under 18 to youth prison
This section says that when a court convicts someone under 18, it can send them to Hawaii's youth correctional facilities if that is more suitable than the usual punishment. If the sentence lasts past their 18th birthday, they are then moved to the adult corrections department. The youth facility director can let them out early unless the court says otherwise or a mandatory prison term is still running.
courts
The statute, as written — Circuit court disposition of offenders under eighteen years
The circuit court shall commit all offenders under eighteen years of age, duly convicted before the court, to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities in all cases where the court deems the sentence to be more suitable than the punishment otherwise authorized by law. In such a case, when the term of confinement ordered by the court extends beyond the offender's eighteenth birthday, the offender shall, upon reaching the age of eighteen, be committed to the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation for completion of the sentence. Persons committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities under this section may be furloughed or paroled by the director, unless the commitment order issued by the court requires prior approval by the court or unless the offender is subject to a mandatory term of imprisonment which term has not yet expired.
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