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a�tti" f k <br /> cP,•'�� *`+s.'. Wil Okabe <br /> �_ �• Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim <br /> Mayor <br /> Barbara J.Kossow <br /> ?T a N} *`�. Deputy Managing Director <br /> Count r of;{-iniuni`i <br /> (> f trr of fir4Cavur <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg.C • Kailua-Kona,Hawai`i 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> February 21, 2017 <br /> Representative Sylvia Luke <br /> Finance Committee <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813. <br /> Dear Chair Luke and members: <br /> RE: HB 478 <br /> Thank you for this opportunity to support an agricultural program at the Kulani <br /> Correctional Facility, HB 478. <br /> Although Corrections is the kuleana of the State, I have long believed that the <br /> County should take an active interest in the treatment of, and opportunities afforded to, <br /> individuals who have been incarcerated. For that reason, in my first term as Mayor, I <br /> recruited State and community partners and established the Going Home program, <br /> which continues to operate informally today. <br /> It is in everyone's interest that inmates return to their communities, after serving <br /> their time, as well prepared as possible to be productive members of society. The kind <br /> of training that a robust agricultural program could provide at Kulani would seem to be a <br /> perfect fit. <br /> I encourage passage of HB 478 with adequate funding to give the program a <br /> chance to prove its value. <br /> Res+ectfu ly submitted, <br /> Harry Kim <br /> Mayor <br /> County or Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />