Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL HomeMaui to Get Inmate Transitional Housing Facility
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HONOLULU (AP) - The state has released one million dollars for the development of an inmate transitional housing facility on Maui.
The residence in Wailuku will offer support and training services for those released from the Maui Community Correctional Center.
State officials say the facility will help fill the gap in housing services between the prison's residential furlough program and parole.
They say the goal is to reduce recidivism by providing clean and sober housing during reintegration into the community.
The one million dollars in general obligation funds has gone to Maui Economic Opportunity Incorporated.
It already has purchased a site for the facility.
The total cost is one-point-six million dollars.
Maui County is making up the difference.
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