Hawaii Revised Statutes
353. Corrections
353-71 Parole officer and assistant parole officers.

§353-71 Parole officer and assistant parole officers. The Hawaii paroling authority may appoint and remove at pleasure a parole officer and assistant parole officers as may be necessary, who shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. The duties of the parole officer shall be as follows:
(1) To keep a record of all paroled prisoners; to add from time to time thereafter information concerning the employment and wages of each paroled prisoner, together with the name of the paroled prisoner's employer and such details concerning the paroled prisoner's health, conduct, and environment as may come to the attention of the parole officer either from reports made to the parole officer or through the parole officer's own personal investigation;
(2) To receive reports from paroled prisoners as may be required by the rules and regulations of the paroling authority and to check such reports by personal investigations and by conferences with the employers of such prisoners and such other persons as can give information concerning the habits, work, and environment of such prisoners;
(3) To investigate and keep informed upon the habits, work, wages, and environment of such prisoners, if any there be, as are not required to report to the parole officer;
(4) To make such other investigations, secure such other information and data, perform such other duties and make such other reports, in addition to those which may be required by law, as may be required by the paroling authority;
(5) To make a report once in each month to the paroling authority, together with such additional reports as the circumstances call for, concerning the prisoners on parole and their conduct and environment; and
(6) As far as practicable, to assist in obtaining suitable employment for paroled prisoners and otherwise assist in rehabilitation of such paroled prisoners.
Each assistant parole officer shall have such of the powers and duties of the parole officer hereinabove provided for as shall be prescribed by the paroling authority. [L 1931, c 126, §8; RL 1935, §6459; am L 1939, c 203, pt of §6; RL 1945, §3964; RL 1955, §83-69; HRS §353-71; am L 1976, c 92, pt of §8; gen ch 1985]

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