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HRS §354D-3

Setting up the prison work program

This section creates a work program inside the prison department. The department director picks the program's leader and other staff without following normal hiring rules. The number of temporary exempt positions is capped at 65 per year.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Correctional industries program

There is established a correctional industries program within the department. The administrator of the correctional industries program shall be appointed by the director without regard to chapter 76. The director may appoint other employees necessary to carry out the function of this chapter without regard to chapter 76; provided that the number of temporary exempt positions covered under this section shall not exceed sixty-five in any fiscal year.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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