HRS §353-16.2
Transfer of inmates to out-of-state institutions
This section lets the prison director send a convicted felon to a prison in another state, even if that state is not part of a specific compact. The out-of-state prison must meet health, safety, and sanitation rules, offer suitable programs, and be run by the state or a private group. The transfer must help prison security, management, overcrowding, or the inmate. The department and the other prison must agree on terms and costs before the move.
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The statute, as written — Transfer of inmates to out-of-state institutions
(a) The director may effect the transfer of a committed felon to any correctional institution located in another state regardless of whether the state is a member of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact; provided that the institution is in compliance with appropriate health, safety, and sanitation codes of the state, provides a level of program activity for the inmate that is suitable, and is operated by that state, by any of its political subdivisions, or by a private institution; and provided further that the transfer is either: (1) In the interest of the security, management of the correctional institution where the inmate is presently placed, or the reduction of prison overcrowding; or (2) In the interest of the inmate. (b) Terms and conditions of the transfer and any reimbursement for expenses shall be agreed upon between the department and the out-of-state correctional institution prior to transfer.
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