(a) The director, for good reasons shown to the director’s satisfaction, may furlough or parole any person committed to the director’s custody. The director shall give the court and the prosecutor’s office of the appropriate county a thirty-day notice prior to discharging a committed person. Prior court approval shall be obtained when such is specifically required in the commitment order.
No furlough, parole, or discharge shall be granted unless it appears to the director that there is a reasonable probability that the person will not violate the law and that the person’s release is not incompatible with the welfare and safety of society.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 352-25
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
The form of furlough or parole may include return to the person’s own home, transfer to another youth correctional facility, a group home or foster home placement, or other appropriate alternative. Nonresidential programs may be made available to selected persons on furlough such that they return to the facility during nontreatment hours.
(c) The director shall submit an annual report to the board of family court judges and the Hawaii juvenile justice state advisory council. The report shall include the number of persons committed to the director’s custody who are not serving a concurrent term of probation, the number of those persons who were granted parole in the previous year, the length of the parole term for each paroled person, and the number of persons on parole who return to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities for any reason.
