Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm, running uncontested for reelection this year, said one of his goals for a second term is to quickly reinstate HOPE probation — a model that ensures predictable and immediate sanctions, usually resulting in a few days or more in jail, for those who violate...
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm, running uncontested for reelection this year, said one of his goals for a second term is to quickly reinstate HOPE probation — a model that ensures predictable and immediate sanctions, usually resulting in a few days or more in jail, for those who violate their probation conditions.
“The beauty of HOPE is it’s short but immediate” sanctions, he said. “Swift, certain, consistent and proportionate. Regular probation, it’s uncertain, it’s delayed.”Alm is passionate about HOPE and eager to talk about what he sees as its extremely promising results. He said the strategy behind it is similar to how one might raise a child.
“You screwed up by using, but you didn’t run away, and you’re not lying about it,” Alm said. “So that’s progress. And what we’re trying to get them to do is make better choices. And unless there’s a negative impact for a bad choice, they’re never going to stop doing it.”by researchers from Pepperdine University and the University of California Los Angeles, showed the program had positive results.
They found 89% of HOPE probationers committed violations compared with 82% of those in a regular probation control group. They also found that 25% of HOPE participants had their probation revoked, compared with 22% of regular probationers, and 28% of HOPE participants were convicted again versus 26% of the control group.
The only state from the study that appears to still be using a version of HOPE is Massachusetts, where the program is called “It’s like if somebody heard about hula, never came out here or didn’t get a kumu hula to teach people,” he said. “Maybe they watched it on TV, and then they try to set up a hula halau in Nebraska or something. And then it isn’t as good, they’re going to say, ‘This hula stuff doesn’t work.
Judiciary spokeswoman Jan Kagehiro said no one was available to discuss HOPE probation but sent a statement from the Judiciary saying it stands by its previous testimony.
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