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New recruitment campaign for corrections officers kicks off in June 2024
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) is kicking off a new multi-pronged recruitment campaign for adult corrections officers (ACO) beginning Monday, June 10, 2024.
Liane Endo named Maui Community Correctional Center warden
The Department of Public Safety announced the selection of four new wardens, including Liane Endo as warden of the Maui Community Correctional Center, effective Jan. 3, 2023.
40 Hawai‘i Island Inmates Transferred to Hālawa to Alleviate Overcrowding
Forty sentenced felons on Hawaiʻi Island were transferred to the Hālawa Correctional Facility on Oʻahu on Tuesday in an attempt to alleviate overcrowding.
28 Inmates from Hilo Transferred to O‘ahu to Alleviate Overcrowding
The Department of Public Safety transferred 28 inmates from the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center in Hilo on Hawaʻi Island to the Hālawa Correctional Facility and Women’s Community Correctional Center on Oʻahu, to help alleviate overcrowding at the Big Island jail.
Third Hawai‘i Inmate Death Classified as COVID-19 Related
The death of a male Hālawa Correctional Facility inmate, between the age of 50 to 60-years old, is being classified by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health as a COVID-19-related death.
UPDATE: First COVID-19 Positive Inmate in Hawai‘i, Four Staff at Other Facilities Test Positive
A new inmate housed at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first confirmed inmate case within the Hawaiʻi Department of Public Safety. In unrelated cases, one adult correctional officer at the Hālawa Correctional Facility and two ACOs at the Waiawa Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19.
Attempted Escape Thwarted at Hālawa Correctional Facility
Inmate Bronson Kekuewa allegedly attempted to scale the fence near the recreation field at 8:26 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2019.
