#jail overcrowding

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.

Rep. Gabbard Visits Overcrowded Maui Community Correctional Center

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard saw firsthand the problems and challenges at MCCC, foremost of which is the dilapidated facilities and extreme overcrowding.