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CALLING ALL SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES!As you know, the Gov has closed Kulani Correctional Facility - one of the most successful minimum security prisons in Hawai`i with the leading sex offender treatment program (SOTP). Nationally, statistics suggest that 11% of individuals who were in the SOTP while incarcerated committed another sex crime within two years of release. In Hawai`i the recidivism rate is LESS THAN 2% since 1988 (21 years) for an individual who was in the SOTP while incarcerated.On Thursday, the BLNR will be addressing a permit application from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a right-of-entry to do an environmental investigation.Why is the USACE concerned now when the facility has been populated for 63 years and they never looked?The purported MOU with Youth Challenge is not even signed yet - what's up with that?Is Youth Challenge a smoke screen to expand military training? There are plenty rumors around saying that this is soThe forest around Kulani (that inmates maintained and cared for on several projects) is being considered as a Natural Area Reserve requiring an enhanced level of protectionAre we going to stand by while a valuable PUBLIC asset is handed off?Shouldn't we have input on the future plans for Kulani?PLEASE TELL THE BOARD THAT NO DECISION SHOULD BE MADE UNTIL FULL DISCLOSURE IS MADE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF KULANI AND THE PROTECTION OF THE SURROUNDING PRISTINE RAINFOREST....PLEASE SPEAK UP OR WE WILL LOSE THIS FOREVER.....--Kat Brady, CoordinatorCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE ON PRISONS76 North King Street, Suite 203Honolulu, HI 96817Watch * Hawai`i InJustice *Tuesdays @ 8:30 P.M. on O`ahu`Olelo Channel 54Watch Online at the same timeat www.olelo.org - click on Channel 54