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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Within forty-eight hours, the director shall report to the governor, and the governor shall report to the legislature, the death of any:
(1) Correctional facility or community correctional center employee who:
(A) Dies on the grounds of or while on duty at a correctional facility or community correctional center where Hawaii inmates reside; or
(B) Sustains an injury on the grounds of or while on duty at a correctional facility or community correctional center where Hawaii inmates reside that causes the death of the employee; or
(2) Hawaii inmate who is incarcerated by or under the care and custody of:
(A) A state or contracted correctional facility; or
(B) An agent of a state or contracted correctional facility.
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 353-40 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-353-40/
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