(a) Within forty-eight hours, the director shall report to the governor, and the governor shall report to the legislature, the death of any:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-40
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Department: means the department of corrections and rehabilitation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-1
- Director: means the director of corrections and rehabilitation; provided that the signing or approval of vouchers and other routine matters may be delegated by the director to any authorized subordinate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-1
Within seven days of the director’s submission of the report to the governor, the department shall post a copy of the report on its public website.
(b) The report in subsection (a) shall include the following information:
(1) The name of the decedent;
(2) The gender and age of the decedent;
(3) Whether the decedent was an inmate or an employee;
(4) The location of the death or injury leading to the death;
(5) The date and time of the death;
(6) The cause of death; and
(7) Any indication of sexual assault leading to the death..
(c) When the official cause of death has been determined, the director shall submit a report to the governor, and the governor shall submit the report to the legislature that shall include the following information:
(1) The clinical mortality review conducted in response to the death, including correctional actions to be taken;
(2) The official cause of death; and
(3) Any indication of sexual assault leading to the death.
(d) The information specified in subsection (c)(2) and (3) shall be open to public inspection, unless:
(1) Any federal or state law protects the information from disclosure; provided that the report shall cite the applicable federal or state law; or
(2) The disclosure of the information would materially impair an ongoing criminal investigation.
