§353-20 Custody of moneys; accounts for committed persons, etc. All sums collected under this chapter and any other authorized sources shall be deposited by the department into one or more accounts with one or more financial institutions opened by the department for the specific purpose of maintaining committed persons' funds. The department shall maintain accounts for each committed person to allow committed persons use of their own funds for approved expenses and purchases during incarceration. The director may designate a percentage of all funds earned by the committed person while in custody to be deposited and held in a nonspendable account for the purpose of providing funds for that same committed person upon release from custody. The structure of these accounts shall be designed so that all funds deposited by or for a committed person shall be credited to the accounts. Accounts maintained by the department for committed persons shall not bear interest. No interest of any kind shall be paid to a committed person on any account maintained by the department for the committed person. The department shall provide quarterly accounting statements to all committed persons held in custody for over one quarter of the year. The department shall conduct annual audits on all committed persons' accounts. [L 1987, c 338, pt of §3; am L 2009, c 75, §1]
Note
The 2009 amendment applies to all committed persons' accounts established before and after May 26, 2009. L 2009, c 75, §2.
Case Notes
The plain language of this section expressly authorized the department of public safety to maintain only one individual trust account for prisoners pertaining to sums collected while committed; department violated this section where it maintained two accounts with respect to prisoner, one of which restricted withdrawals for purposes determined by the department, and the interest that accrued on prisoner's accounts must be paid on that account. 119 H. 275, 196 P.3d 277 (2008).
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
353-1 to 353-50 OLD REPEALED. §353-1 Definitions; director may delegate powers.
353-5 Offender release recommendations to the court.
353-6 Establishment of community correctional centers.
353-6.2 Community correctional centers; periodic reviews of pretrial detainees.
353-6.5 Gender-responsive, community-based programs for female offenders.
353-7 High security correctional facility.
353-8 Conditional release centers for committed persons.
353-9 Establishment of temporary correctional facilities.
353-10 Intake service centers.
353-10.5 Intermediate sanctions; eligibility; criteria and conditions.
353-11.5 Restricted access to correctional facilities.
353-12 Correctional records, documents.
353-12.5 Public assistance; inmates; monthly reports to department of human services.
353-13 Examination by medical officer.
353-13.2 REPEALED. L 1998, c 194, §10.
353-13.4 Substance abuse testing of inmates.
353-13.5 Election of private medical or psychological care by prisoners.
353-13.7 Initiation of proceeding for involuntary medical treatment.
353-14 Cash furnished discharged committed person, when.
353-15 Transfer of committed persons affected with communicable disease.
353-16 Transfer of committed felon to federal institution.
353-16.2 Transfer of inmates to out-of-state institutions.
353-16.3 Development of out-of-state Hawaii correctional facilities.
353-16.5 Transfer of offenders under treaty; authority of governor.
353-16.35 Development or expansion of in-state correctional facilities.
353-16.36 Contracts for construction of correctional facilities by private entities.
353-16.37 Community partnering.
353-17 Committed persons, furlough, employment.
353-18 Director to fix committed persons' compensation.
353-19 Compensation for labor or training by committed persons.
353-20 Custody of moneys; accounts for committed persons, etc.
353-21 Withdrawals; forfeitures; etc.
353-22 Earnings exempt from garnishment, etc.
353-22.8 Orders for payment of child support.
353-23 Disposition of property subject to action for damages.
353-24 Conservators of committed persons, appointed when.
353-25 Powers and duties of conservator.
353-26 Removal of conservator.
353-27 Compensation; expenses.
353-28 Property given to committed persons.
353-28.5 Visits from family members.
353-29 What officials may visit.
353-31 Revolving funds for correctional facility stores.
353-34 Probation services fee; assessment.
353-35 Incarcerated parents; data collection.
353-61 Hawaii paroling authority; appointment; tenure; qualifications.
353-62 Hawaii paroling authority; responsibilities and duties; operations; records, reports, staff.
353-63 Service of Hawaii paroling authority members; compensation; expenses.
353-63.5 Intermediate sanctions; eligibility; criteria and conditions.
353-64 Committed persons paroled.
353-65.5 Reports to county clerk.
353-66 Terms and conditions of parole; suspension and revocation.
353-66.5 Suspension or revocation; arrest warrants arising from traffic violations.
353-67 Education as condition for paroles.
353-68 Parole, how initiated and granted.
353-71 Parole officer and assistant parole officers.
353-72 Pardons; reference to paroling authority.
353-101 Authorization to director of public safety or the appropriate officer and the governor.
353-103 Validity of existing contracts.
353-122 Limitation on use of restraints.
353-133 Satisfaction of victims' rights to notification.
353-134 Compliance by department; no cause of action.
353-135 Law enforcement cooperation.
353-136 Automated victim information and notification system special fund; authorization of payment.
353-137 Automated victim information and notification system governance committee.