The state admitted liability in the case of a 28-year-old prisoner who was on ‘observation status’ in the medical unit, but hung himself anyway.

A leading Democrat is withholding funding for a new jail in Halawa, arguing officials won’t really know how large the jail should be until the bail reform debate is resolved.

Children who have incarcerated parents are at risk for crime and developmental problems. A bill moving through the Senate seeks to change that.

Staff at the state’s largest jail left some doors unlocked and ajar, which allowed five alleged gang members to attack a prisoner on another floor.

A federal judge ruled the corrections system failed to follow its own protocols for coping with the pandemic, which has now been blamed for 10 inmate deaths.

Inmates and staff say use of synthetic cannabinoids in the state’s largest prison is rampant. The drugs have caused two deaths.

The unidentified inmate was between 70 and 80 years old. His death brings the total number of Covid-19-related Hawaii prisoner fatalities to 10.

U.S. Department of Justice statistics show the state prison system released 30% fewer inmates in 2020 than the year before, the biggest decrease among the states.

The Women’s Prison Project helped introduce 12 bills they say would improve the state’s prison system for women.

The 26-year-old female prisoner warned jail staff she was contemplating suicide, but the facility did not place her on suicide watch.