Corrections officials invited a vendor to demonstrate new technology for screening prison mail for contraband, and made some surprising discoveries.

Updated: CoreCivic said it has forwarded the concerns to prison leadership for investigation.

Hawaii is holding 1,000 prisoners at the Saguaro Correctional Center that had a murder, stabbing and fatal drug overdoses in recent months.

Hawaii officials are investigating the possible involvement of Saguaro prison guards in the assault, a lawyer says.

A corrections officer was also assaulted in the incident that reportedly occurred in a disciplinary segregation unit at Saguaro Correctional Center.

Teens need mental health services and mentorship instead of imprisonment, advocates say — strategies that a $20 million grant is bolstering in the state.

For years, state officials have been unable to move forward with plans to build an entirely new jail at Puunene. Now, even a modest addition to the existing jail is being delayed.

A Hawaii inmate died of a meth overdose at the Saguaro Correctional Center last fall.

Artrina De Lima’s death is the sixth suicide at the Maui jail in the past four years. That is more than the total number of known suicides at all other Hawaii correctional facilities during that time.

The facility’s lengthy hiring process has made it difficult to hire cooks and increased its reliance on meals ordered from nearby restaurant chains.