The Republican former lieutenant governor and retired judge is well known, but must “thread the needle” as he campaigns in heavily Democratic Hawaii.

A state prisons expert says she was surprised by how bad the conditions are at the Big Island corrections facility.

Oahu Community Correctional Center failed to follow “common sense correctional practices” and placed the 62-year-old prisoner in jeopardy, the lawsuit says.

Market structure and regulation have made medical cannabis far more expensive than illegal products, and consumers are choosing the cheaper option.

Other states routinely identify inmates who die in custody, but Hawaii refuses to do so. That prevents the public from learning how most of those inmates died.

The Women’s Community Correctional Center has a long history of allegations of sexual misconduct, and broken cameras make it harder to prove cases.

Corrections officials agree to transfer inmates to a prison on Oahu to ease dangerous overcrowding at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center.

So far 21 prisoners who were on the flight from Arizona have caught the coronavirus.

A top prison official said computer updates weren’t done for the system, and health workers at Hawaii’s jails and prisons lost access to thousands of records.