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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.