§353-71  Parole officer and assistant paroleofficers.  The Hawaii paroling authority may appoint and remove at pleasurea parole officer and assistant parole officers as may be necessary, who shallreceive such compensation as shall be provided by law.  The duties of theparole officer shall be as follows:

(1)  To keep a record of all paroled prisoners; to addfrom time to time thereafter information concerning the employment and wages ofeach paroled prisoner, together with the name of the paroled prisoner'semployer and such details concerning the paroled prisoner's health, conduct,and environment as may come to the attention of the parole officer either fromreports made to the parole officer or through the parole officer's own personalinvestigation;

(2)  To receive reports from paroled prisoners as maybe required by the rules and regulations of the paroling authority and to checksuch reports by personal investigations and by conferences with the employersof such prisoners and such other persons as can give information concerning thehabits, 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 notrequired to report to the parole officer;

(4)  To make such other investigations, secure suchother information and data, perform such other duties and make such otherreports, in addition to those which may be required by law, as may be requiredby the paroling authority;

(5)  To make a report once in each month to theparoling authority, together with such additional reports as the circumstancescall for, concerning the prisoners on parole and their conduct and environment;and

(6)  As far as practicable, to assist in obtainingsuitable employment for paroled prisoners and otherwise assist inrehabilitation of such paroled prisoners.

Each assistant parole officer shall have suchof the powers and duties of the parole officer hereinabove provided for asshall 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]