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Plans For A New Honolulu Jail Hit  Another Snag Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Plans For A New Honolulu Jail Hit Another Snag

The jail is supposed to be built on the site of the old animal quarantine station in Halawa, but the quarantine station probably won't relocate for another two or three years.

2 Prisoners Die At Halawa Correctional Facility Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

2 Prisoners Die At Halawa Correctional Facility

One inmate died after a fight. The other had been hospitalized with a medical condition.

Arizona Prosecutors Will Try Again To Get Death Penalty For Hawaii Inmate Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Arizona Prosecutors Will Try Again To Get Death Penalty For Hawaii Inmate

A jury deadlocked earlier this year when asked to decide if Miti Maugaotega Jr. should be executed.

The Cost Of A New Oahu Jail Is Now More Than $900 Million Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

The Cost Of A New Oahu Jail Is Now More Than $900 Million

Critics want officials to divert their focus to correctional reform.

Hawaii’s Sentencing Process Is Complicating Efforts To Reform The Prison System Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii’s Sentencing Process Is Complicating Efforts To Reform The Prison System

More aggressive minimum sentences coincide with severe overcrowding and deteriorating prison conditions.

Man Who Killed His OCCC Cellmate Gets 40 Years In Prison On Multiple Charges Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat/2023

Man Who Killed His OCCC Cellmate Gets 40 Years In Prison On Multiple Charges

Jail staff knew that admitted killer Ezequiel Zayas was mentally ill and should not have placed him in the cell that day, his lawyer said.

Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide At Hilo Jail Was Due A Mental Evaluation Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide At Hilo Jail Was Due A Mental Evaluation

A Honolulu lawyer plans to ask a federal judge to appoint a special master to force the state to provide better mental health care to inmates.

Hawaii Inmates Are Kept Behind Bars To Complete Programs They Can’t Get Into Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii Inmates Are Kept Behind Bars To Complete Programs They Can’t Get Into

Prisoners often face an uphill battle to complete drug and behavioral programs required by the parole board.

Did Misconduct Allegations Spur State’s $2M Settlement In Case Already Won? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Did Misconduct Allegations Spur State’s $2M Settlement In Case Already Won?

The settlement of a lawsuit over sex assaults of female inmates came after a federal court judge announced plans to probe allegations of misconduct by state lawyers.