HRS §353-35
Tracking information about incarcerated parents
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Starting July 1, 2016, the department must collect certain data when people enter prison. It will count how many are parents, how many children under 18 each parent has, and any other useful info to help provide services to these parents and their kids.
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The statute, as written — ‑35] Incarcerated parents; data collection
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Beginning on July 1, 2016, the department shall collect the following data upon intake of offenders into the correctional system: (1) The number of offenders who are parents; (2) The number of children under the age of eighteen, per offender who is a parent; and (3) Any other information about incarcerated parents and their children that the department deems useful to facilitate the provision of services to incarcerated parents or their children.
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