§353-10  Reentry intake service centers. There shall be within the department of public safety, a reentry intake servicecenter for adults in each of the counties, to screen, evaluate, and classifythe admission of persons to community correctional centers and to provide forthe successful reentry of persons back into the community.  Each center shallbe directed and managed by a manager and shall be staffed by a team ofpsychiatrists, social workers, technicians, and other personnel as may benecessary.  The director of public safety may appoint full-time or part-timeprofessional and clerical staff or contract for professional services to carryout the duties of the centers as identified in this section.

The centers shall:

(1)  Provide orientation, guidance, and technicalservices;

(2)  Provide social-medical-psychiatric-psychologicaldiagnostic evaluation;

(3)  Provide pretrial assessments on adult offendersfor the courts and assist in the conduct of presentence assessments on adultoffenders and the preparation of presentence reports when requested by thecourts;

(4)  Provide correctional prescription programplanning and security classification;

(5)  Provide such other personal and correctionalservices as needed for both detained and committed persons;

(6)  Monitor and record the progress of personsassigned to correctional facilities who undergo further treatment or whoparticipate in prescribed correctional programs;

(7)  Ensure that the present and future reentry needsof persons committed to correctional facilities are being evaluated and met inan effective and appropriate manner;

(8)  Provide additional reentry services to includeworking closely and collaborating with the furlough programs in each countythat are currently managed by the department's institutions division;

(9)  Work closely and collaborate with the Hawaiiparoling authority; and

(10)  Work closely and collaborate with the correctionsprogram services division. [L 1987, c 338, pt of §3; am L 1989, c 211, §8; am L1996, c 130, §2; am L Sp 2009, c 24, §1]