#Hawaii corrections

Breaking Cycles Symposium updates community on plans to improve correctional system in Hawaiʻi

Attendees included stakeholders, lawmakers and community groups and members who addressed the call to break the cycles of substance abuse, mental health needs, houselessness and generational incarceration in Hawai‘i.

Department of Public Safety appoints new Deputy Director for Corrections

Up until her appointment as Deputy Director for Corrections, Muñoz has served as the domestic violence unit probation supervisor for the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary Adult Client Services Branch in the Third Circuit, for the East Hawaiʻi section of Hawaiʻi Island.

35 recruits graduate, become Hawaiʻi’s newest adult correctional officers

Thirty-five recruits graduated and from basic training with the Department of Public Safety, becoming the newest adult correctional officers in the state.

Gov. Ige Appoints Max Otani as Public Safety Director

Gov. David Ige announced the appointment of Max Otani to serve as the director of the Department of Public Safety, effective Dec. 1, 2020. Otani replaces Nolan Espinda, who retired in September.