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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. 

ACLU Files Complaint Over Conditions in Hawaiʻi Jails and Prisons

ACLU has filed a complaint requesting a federal investigation into what they are calling “unconstitutional conditions” & “overcrowding” in Hawai‘i jails.