With laughter, song and tears, six people shared their experiences with the Hawaii prison system at a recent Civil Beat Storytellers event. Watch their videos below.
Laws that cleared the Legislature would open up jails and courts to more scrutiny and improve the bail system.
The measure also includes $2 million to temporarily house 248 additional Hawaii inmates at a private prison in Arizona.
Bills on bail reform, inmate crowding and oversight of the troubled state public safety department are moving forward.
UPDATED: Gov. David Ige had stood behind his embattled director amid concerns about jail overcrowding, fatal shootings and a recent riot.
A panel of senators previously advised that Nolan Espinda not serve a second four-year term.
UPDATED 4/15/19: The men fled the facility in the early morning. One later turned himself in to authorities.
UPDATED: A Senate committee harshly criticized Nolan Espinda’s leadership of Hawaii’s prisons and the Sheriff Division.
Committee members grow frustrated during a second hearing on the renomination of Nolan Espinda as director of the Department of Public Safety.
Bills on bail reform, inmate crowding and oversight of the troubled state public safety department are moving forward.
UPDATED: Gov. David Ige had stood behind his embattled director amid concerns about jail overcrowding, fatal shootings and a recent riot.
A panel of senators previously advised that Nolan Espinda not serve a second four-year term.
UPDATED 4/15/19: The men fled the facility in the early morning. One later turned himself in to authorities.
UPDATED: A Senate committee harshly criticized Nolan Espinda’s leadership of Hawaii’s prisons and the Sheriff Division.
Committee members grow frustrated during a second hearing on the renomination of Nolan Espinda as director of the Department of Public Safety.
Several criminal justice measures are still alive and will likely be hashed out in Senate-House conference committees.
A total of 37 prisoners were flown to Oahu after their suspected involvement in the disturbance, but five have been returned to Maui.
Hawaii officials are struggling to find the hundreds of millions of dollars in state money needed for a new correctional facility.
A House bill sought to save money and lessen overcrowding in state facilities by pushing to acquire the Federal Detention Center.
One key bill is dead but lawmakers should still act on other legislation that could improve our jam-packed, aging correctional facilities.
Nolan Espinda’s work record will be the subject of a public hearing, and he’s also expected to meet with Senate Democrats next week.
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