2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 20. SOCIAL SERVICES
353. Corrections
§353-28.5 Visits from family members.
[§353-28.5] Visits from family members. (a) Family members shall be allowed to visit an inmate at any state correctional facility during official visiting hours.
(b) A visit from a family member shall be preapproved and prescheduled. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, preapproved and prescheduled visits for which family members have incurred substantial costs, including but not limited to travel from a neighbor island or the mainland, shall not be canceled due to staff absenteeism or any nonemergency situation.
(c) The department shall develop internal policies and procedures consistent with this section.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "family members" means persons who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship, or as reciprocal beneficiaries. [L 2006, c 318, §2]
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