§352-9  Period committed. (a) All persons committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities shall becommitted for the period of their minority or as otherwise ordered by thecourt.  Such persons may be placed on furlough or parole if deemed appropriate. The power to discharge a person committed to a youth correctional facility isreserved to the director; provided that the director shall give a thirty-daynotice of such intended discharge to the appropriate court and to theprosecutor's office of the appropriate county.  Prior court approval forfurlough, parole, or discharge of all minors, committed by the family court toa youth correctional facility for the period of their minority or otherwise,shall be obtained when such is specifically required in the commitment order.In any case, no person nineteen years or older shall be incarcerated in a youthcorrectional facility.

(b)  In those cases where the term ofcommitment to a youth correctional facility extends beyond the person'snineteenth birthday, the person shall be placed on juvenile parole pursuant tothe original family court order for the balance of the person's term ofcommitment; provided that such term does not extend beyond the person'stwentieth birthday unless earlier terminated. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L1990, c 92, §1; am L 1997, c 325, §1; am L 1998, c 190, §1]