Several efforts are underway to find a solution to Hawaii’s prison problems, but coordination is lacking.
Hawaii Behind Bars
How Hawaii is managing its troubled prison system, including four prisons and four jails in Hawaii, and a contract private prison in Arizona.
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Only 215 Hawaii Prisoners Were Tested For Valley Fever In Arizona
About 1,400 Hawaii prisoners are incarcerated in Arizona, but only a fraction have been tested for a disease common in the Southwest.
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Group Wants To Suspend Hawaii’s Effort To Build A New Jail
An environmental review for replacing the Oahu Community Correctional Center is challenged for not offering alternatives to two proposed sites.
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New Visitation Policy For OCCC Inmates
The jail will allow more visits but noncontact only. Prison-reform advocates say that’s a mistake.
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Hawaii Prison Contractor Executives Were Convicted Of Fraud And Bribery
Yet that hasn’t stopped a potential $1.3 million contract to study rebuilding OCCC from going to the New Jersey company.
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Secret Deals: Prison Operator Is Mum On Hawaii Court Cases
Hawaii’s prison officials also refuse to disclose issues or costs once lawsuits involving CCA’s Arizona prison have been settled.
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Justice Department Will Stop Using Private Prisons
The federal government’s decision comes a couple of weeks after Hawaii extended its contract with a for-profit prison in Arizona.
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Arizona Prison Is Not Reporting Disease Cases To Health Agency
There’s no record that Corrections Corporation of America ever told a county health agency about valley fever cases for Hawaii prisoners.
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Hawaii Re-Ups With Arizona Prison For $45 Million Per Year
The Saguaro Correctional Center currently houses about 1,400 Hawaii prisoners, but that could go up to as many as 1,926.