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HRS §353-101

State can make deals to house federal and military prisoners

This section lets the state corrections director, with the governor's approval, sign contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to hold and care for federal and military prisoners. The director gets the powers needed to carry out these contracts.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Authorization to director of corrections and rehabilitation or the appropriate officer and the governor

The director of corrections and rehabilitation, or the appropriate officer with the approval of the governor, is authorized for the State to enter into contracts with the director of the Bureau of Prisons or the appropriate officers of the United States for the imprisonment, subsistence, care, and proper employment of federal and military prisoners. The director of corrections and rehabilitation or the appropriate officer shall be vested with such functions, powers, and duties which are necessary to carry out the foregoing purpose. [L Sp 1959 1st, c 3, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; Supp, §83-90; HRS §353-101; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 338, §10; am L 1989, c 211, §8; am L 2022, c 278, §29]
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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