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Big Island Prison Warden Reinstated After She Was Fired In 2015 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Big Island Prison Warden Reinstated After She Was Fired In 2015

A lawyer for Kulani Correctional Facility Warden Ruth Forbes says the state dragged the case out, which will cost taxpayers big money.

Surge In Inmate Suicides Take Toll On Hawaiʻi Taxpayers, Too Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Surge In Inmate Suicides Take Toll On Hawaiʻi Taxpayers, Too

Six legal claims are pending over people who killed themselves behind bars, with more to come.

Hawaiʻi Report Describes ‘Atrocious’ Conditions For Mentally Ill Inmates Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaiʻi Report Describes ‘Atrocious’ Conditions For Mentally Ill Inmates

Psychiatrists who inspected state facilities cited problems ranging from overuse of pepper spray to intentionally harsh conditions on suicide watch.

Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s Office

Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death

Current and former inmates testified that the gang ruled an OCCC module, but their accounts of the 2023 killing failed to convince a jury.

Hawaiʻi Inmate Charged For Killing His Cellmate At Hālawa Prison Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Hawaiʻi Inmate Charged For Killing His Cellmate At Hālawa Prison

Raita Fukusaku’s lawyer alleges his client was “targeted for assassination” by the prison gang Murder Inc.

Feds Investigating At Least One Prison Guard’s Actions In OCCC Killing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Feds Investigating At Least One Prison Guard’s Actions In OCCC Killing

More than one corrections officer has caught the interest of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jail Security Chief Says He Wanted Top Gang Members Moved Before Killing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Jail Security Chief Says He Wanted Top Gang Members Moved Before Killing

Some current and former OCCC inmates are proving to be reluctant witnesses at the manslaughter trial.

6 Charged In Killing Of Hawaiʻi Inmate At Arizona Prison Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

6 Charged In Killing Of Hawaiʻi Inmate At Arizona Prison

Anton Myklebust was found beaten and strangled in his cell at Saguaro Correctional Center.

Defense Claims Oʻahu Jail Killing Had ‘Nothing To Do With Being In A Gang’ Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Defense Claims Oʻahu Jail Killing Had ‘Nothing To Do With Being In A Gang’

Lawyers for three defendants acknowledged their clients’ gang affiliations, but said other inmates beat Chris Vaefaga to death.

Lawsuit: Censoring Inmates’ Reading Material Violates Publisher’s Rights Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Lawsuit: Censoring Inmates’ Reading Material Violates Publisher’s Rights

A nonprofit that publishes ‘self-help’ books for prisoners challenges a new state policy.