The project, which is intended to help foster relationships between inmates and their families, is the first of its kind at a correctional facility in the state.

In some cases commissary prices in the private prison suddenly increased by 200% or 300%, corrections officials say.

Joycelyn Simeona says that the department’s failure to provide her daughter with mental health services led directly to her suicide.

Outside observers said the lack of working cameras was a red flag because cameras provide a deterrent to misconduct.

Prison officials say he was discovered in his cell with injuries that ‘appeared to have come from an assault.’

$10 million will go to planning for the long-delayed new Oahu jail, while $20 million is earmarked for a new Kauai lockup.

The Kauai jail and two other facilities in Hawaii have the chairs, which require high levels of force to immobilize inmates and can be dangerous if not used properly.

Matthew Ornellas had scaled the community correctional center’s outer perimeter fence.

The Women’s Prison Project is raising $85,000 for a wellness center at the prison that is expected to improve quality of life for incarcerated women.

Sakai had struggled with lung cancer for several years.