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ʻOi aku ka nui o ka make paʻahao ma nā hale hoʻopaʻahao ma kēlā makahiki aku nei ma mua o nā makahiki ʻē aʻe ma kēia kekeke i hala aku nei, he helu maikaʻi ʻole ia e pili i nā paʻahao he ʻeono i hala i ka maʻi Covid-19 ma ka hale hoʻopaʻahao nui ma ka mokuʻāina.

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ʻO nā make he 23 i palapala ʻia ma ko Ჹɲʻ mau hale hoʻopaʻahao ma 2021, ua ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā makahiki ʻē aʻe mai ma ka makahiki 2012 mai, akā aʻole hiki i nā luna ma ka Department of Public Safety ke hōʻoia inā he ʻoi kēlā nui make. ʻO ka ʻikepili make i hana ʻia e ke keʻena, ua hoʻomaka wale ʻia nō ma ka makahiki 2012, wahi a kahi wahaʻōlelo wahine.

He mau kāne ka hapanui o nā paʻahao i hala loa, a koe mai hoʻokahi wahine, a loaʻa iā Hālawa ka ʻoi o nā make he 13. Ua kūkala ʻo Oʻahu Community Correctional Center i ʻekolu make, a ua kūkala ʻo Maui Community Correctional Center i ʻelua mau make i kēlā makahiki aku nei. Aia nā make ʻē aʻe ma nā hale hoʻopaʻahao ma o Ჹɲʻ a me ʻDzԲ.

He hopena nui ko ka wā maʻi ahulau i ka helu make o loko. Ua kūkala ka mokuʻāina , ua hala nā paʻahao he ʻeono i hea inoa ʻole ʻia ma Hālawa Correctional Facility ma Ianuali a me Pepeluali i kēlā makahiki aku nei ma muli o kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo “Covid-19-related deaths.”

ʻAʻole kuhi inoa nā luna hoʻopaʻahao i nā paʻahao i hala ma ka wā hoʻopaʻahao, akā ʻōlelo lākou, he ʻelima nā paʻahao i hala i ka maʻi coronavirus i kēlā makahiki aku nei i piha ai ka makahiki 65 a ʻoi iā lākou, a ua piha i ka makahiki ma waena o 60 a me 70.

Ua hoʻāhewa ʻia ʻo Covid-19 no ʻeiwa make paʻahao ma ko Ჹɲʻ ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻahao mai kinohi mai o ka wā maʻi ahulau.

Jogene Cuizon gestures in prayer at the Halawa Correctional Facility parking lot. Cuizon’s son recently died while being incarcerated at Halawa.
Pule ʻo Jogene Cuizon ma ke kahua kū kaʻa ma ka Hālawa Correctional Facility ma kahi huakaʻi i ka hale hoʻopaʻahao i kēlā makahiki aku nei e hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai ka pono o kāne keikikāne ʻo Kahe Cuizon. E hoʻokō aku ana ʻo Cuizon i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi ma Hālawa ma kona wā i make ai ma hope o kona ʻai ʻana i kahi lāʻau ʻino ʻo “spice.” Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

I like ʻole me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻolaha ʻo Ჹɲʻ i nā make paʻahao ma kēlā me kēia make, a ʻaʻole kuhi inoa lehulehu nā luna paʻahao i nā paʻahao i hala ma ka hale hoʻopaʻahao. ʻO ia hoʻi, he pohihihi nā kūlana i pili i nā make o kēlā makahiki aku nei.

ʻO ka ʻikepili make i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka Department of Public Safety ma muli o kahi noi a Civil Beat, hōʻike ʻia kahi mau kumu kikoʻī no nā make paʻahao he ʻekolu i kēlā makahiki aku nei; ua kuhi ʻia kahi make i ka pepehi make iā ia iho, kuhi ʻia kahi make ʻē aʻe i ka maʻi , a kuhi ʻia ka make ʻē aʻe i ka maʻi puʻuwai.

ʻO ka make pepehi iā ia iho ma kēlā makahiki aku nei, ua pili ia i kahi paʻahao kāne i piha ai ka makahiki 50 iā ia, a ua hala ʻo ia ma ko Maui hale hoʻopaʻahao ma Iulai, wahi a kahi hōʻike make i hūnā iki ʻia a i hoʻouna ʻia i keʻena o ke kiaʻāina ma kēlā makahiki aku nei.

Ua helu ʻia nā make he 20 ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka waeʻano ʻo “All Other,” a ua ʻōlelo akula ke keʻena, e mau ana nō ka hūnā ʻia ʻana pēlā a hiki i ka “hoʻākāka ʻia ʻana e nā hōʻike kūikawā.” Ua pili kēlā i ka hapanui o nā make a ke keʻena i ʻōlelo aku ai i pili i ka maʻi ʻo Covid-19.

Ma kahi mau kūlana, ua ʻōʻili maila nā lālā ʻohana e kuhi inoa i nā paʻahao i hala, a hiki i kēlā ke lilo i aniani e hōʻike ʻia ai nā mea e hana ana ma loko. ʻO kahi kūlana, ua pili ā Kanikahekili “Kahe” Cuizon, 38, a ʻo ia ka mea e kali ana i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana ma ka palola ma kona hala ʻana ma ka lā 15 o Iulai.

ʻO kahi ܱ貹貹ʻ na ka Honolulu Medical Examiner, ʻo ia ka mea e kuhi i ke kumu make he ulia, a ʻo kahi pakalōlō i kapa ʻia ʻo “spice” ke kumu.

ʻO Jogene Cuizon, aia ma waena, ke hoʻonā ʻia ʻo ia e Jodie Keaulana, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema, a me BeauDrena Cabral ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o kahi pahu me nā pono ponoʻī a Kahe Cuizon mai Hālawa Correctional Facility mai. Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

“Na lākou i ʻōlelo, ua ūDZō kaʻu keikikāne ma kona keʻena; ua puʻua ʻo ia i kāna meaʻai, a ua make ʻo ia,” wahi a Jogene.

Ua wehewehe akula iā Kahe Cuizon me ka uē ʻana penei, “ʻO ia kuʻu kahua, kuʻu keikikāne. ʻO koʻu mau makaʻu a me koʻu inaina, ua hoʻonā ʻo ia iaʻu i kona ʻano kikoʻī. ʻMā, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pēlā. Mā, e hoʻolohe mai.’”

Ua ʻōlelo aku ke keʻena ma kahi hoʻolaha i kākau ʻia, he mau kumu like ʻole ko ka helu nui o nā make paʻahao ma kēlā makahiki aku nei, akā he “pure speculation” ke kuhi ʻana i ke kumu o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana ma ka makahiki 2021 a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili kūlana i ke keʻena ma ka wā e pau ʻole ai nā hōʻike.

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Ma ka wā kahiko, ua kuhi ke keʻena i ka hana ʻino loa ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau ʻino a me ka nohona paʻakikī a nā paʻahao i noho ai ma nā alahele ma ke ʻano he kumu no ka make ʻana ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻahao.

Wahi a ke keʻena, ʻo ka nui makahiki kino o nā paʻahao, ua ʻoi aku ka nui he 10-15 mau makahiki ma hope o ko lākou nui makahiki maoli ma muli o ka ʻʻ󾱲 i pili i nā kūlana ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ʻana.”

ʻO Wanda Bertram, ʻo ia ka wahaʻōlelo no ka Prison Policy Initiative no Makakukeka mai, a nāna i wehewehe i ma ka pae aupuni mai ka makahiki 2019 a i ka makahiki 2020 i hana leʻa ʻia e ka wā maʻi ahulau. ʻAʻole mākaumau ka ʻikepili aupuni no 2021, akā, mahuʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻomau ʻia ʻana o kēia helu make nui i kēlā makahiki aku nei ma ka holo ʻana o ka wā maʻi ahulau.

ʻO kahi māhele o ka pilikia, ke ō첹ʻ첹ʻ nā hui kauka paʻahao i ka nui Covid-19, e hoʻopilikia pū ʻia nā ʻano mālama ʻana ʻē aʻe i nā paʻahao maʻi loa, wahi āna.

Ua lele a laha ʻo Covid-19 ma ko Ჹɲʻ mau hale hoʻopaʻahao i paʻapū, a ua māhuahua koke hou ka helu maʻi ma kēia makahiki. Mai kēia Pōʻalua aku, ua hoʻolaha ke keʻena i 836 mau paʻahao i loaʻa ai ka maʻi Covid-19 ma nā hale hoʻopaʻahao he ʻewalu. He 4,100 ka nui paʻahao.

He 14 make a emi mai ko Ჹɲʻ mau hale hoʻopaʻahao i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kēlā kekeke aku nei, akā ua pālahalaha kēlā mai ka makahiki 2019 a i 2020 ma ka nui he 16 i kēlā mau makahiki ʻelua, wahi a nā luna ma Ჹɲʻ.

I loko nō o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o nā make paʻahao a me kahi mau ʻikepili e pili ana i nā paʻahao i hala e nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, e laʻa ʻo Nevada, ʻaʻole hana pēlā ʻo Ჹɲʻ.

Hoʻolaha ʻo , , a me i nā make ke hana ʻia, a hōʻike ʻia kahi mau ʻikepili e pili ana i ke kūlana o kēlā me kēia make.

“ʻAʻole maʻamau ka hoʻolaha lehulehu ʻole ʻana i kahi make ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hūnā ʻia ʻana o kēlā ʻike, a manaʻo wau, he pono ka hana pēlā no nā ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻahao.” –Wanda Bertram, Prison Policy Initiative

Ua hoʻolaha nā luna ma ko Ჹɲʻ Department of Public Safety i kekahi mau make i pili iā Covid-19 ma ka makahiki 2020 a me 2021, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻolaha lehulehu ʻia nā make o loko ke hana ʻia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bertram, he pinepine ka ʻauʻa ʻana i ka ʻikepili i ka make paʻahao ma o ka hōʻole ʻana i ke kuhi inoa i ka paʻahao i hala a me ke ʻano o ka hala ʻana. “ʻO ka mea pinepine ʻole, ʻo ia ka mea e pūʻiwa ai kēia nei e pili ana iā Ჹɲʻ, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻole ʻana i ka make, kikopau,” wahi āna.

“ʻAʻole maʻamau ka hoʻolaha lehulehu ʻole ʻana i kahi make ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hūnā ʻia ʻana o kēlā ʻike, a manaʻo wau, he pono ka hana pēlā no nā ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻahao,” wahi āna.

“He pono ka hōʻoia ʻana i kēia mau wahi no nā mea e holo ana ma loko, a ʻaʻole nō kākou e hana ana pēlā a hiki i ko kākou ʻike maka ʻana i nā mea e holo ana,” wahi āna. “Pono iā kākou ma ke ʻano he lehulehu e hōʻike aku i kēia mau wahi i ka nui o ko kākou nānā ʻana e koi pono ʻia ai ka ʻikepili.” A he “mea maʻalahi loa” ka ʻike ʻana i ka make ma nā hale hoʻopaʻahao, wahi āna.

“Maopopo i nā kānaka a pau me kahi hulu kanaka i hoʻopaʻahao ʻia, ʻo ka hale hoʻopaʻahao he wahi e mālama pono ʻole i nā kānaka,” wahi a Bertram. “He ʻiʻini koʻu e nānā aku ai i ka hōʻoia ʻia ʻana o nā kānaka nui me ke kuleana o ka mālama hana ʻana ma loko o laila, a ʻo ka hehi mua, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ka hana o loko.”

Ma ʻOkokopa, ua hoʻouna ʻo Civil Beat i kahi hihia kānāwai ma ka First Circuit Court ma Honolulu me ka noi ʻana aku i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo e koi ʻia ai nā luna hale hoʻoponopono e hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i nā paʻahao i hala ma ka hale hoʻopaʻahao, e laʻa ko lākou mau inoa.

Kuhi ka hihia kānāwai i ko ka mokuʻāina Uniform Information Practices Act, a ʻo ia ka mea e koi ʻia ai ka hoʻolaha lehulehu ākea ʻia ʻana o nā palapala aupuni, koe mai ka pāpā ʻia ʻana o nā palapala i ke kānāwai.

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna paʻahao, ua pāpā ʻia lākoui ka hoʻolaha ʻana aku i nā inoa o nā paʻahao i hala ma muli o ko ke aupuni pekelala Health Insurance Portability and Affordability Act, a i ʻole ʻo HIPAA.

Eia naʻe, “ʻaʻole hoʻāpono kēlā ʻōlelo i ka hūnā ʻana i ka ʻikepili kuhi inoa mai nā ʻōlelo hoʻolaha i koi ʻia e pili ana i nā make o nā kānaka i mālama ʻia e ke Keʻena,” wahi a ka hihia kānāwai. Mau nō ka hihia kānawai.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ACLU no Ჹɲʻ ma kahi hoʻolaha i kākau ʻia, hōʻike nā make ma 2021 i “ka palekana ʻole o ko Ჹɲʻ mau hale hoʻopaʻahao.”

“ʻAʻole i hoʻi ka nohona kanaka i mea maʻamau no ka hapanui o kākou, eia naʻe, ke mālama ʻia nei nā kānaka ma loko o ka hale hoʻopaʻahao me he mea lā, he mea ʻole ka wā maʻi ahulau. ʻAʻole e nānā ʻia ka pilikia mai ka hoʻopili ʻana o COVID a me ka paʻapū ʻana,” wahi a hui.

“Mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻokalaima ʻia ʻana o ka ʻilihune ʻana, a hiki i ke eo pinepine ʻana ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻia ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pela i pilikia loa, a hiki i ka hoʻopaʻahao hou ʻia ʻana o nā kānaka ma muli o nā ʻaʻe liʻiliʻi no ka palola a me ka hoʻomalu, hoʻomau kākou i ka hoʻokomo kanaka ʻana i kēia ʻōnaehana me ka ʻole o kahi wahi e hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ai lākou,” wahi a ka ʻōlelo a ACLU.

Ua hea ʻo ACLU i nā mea kau kānāwai mokuʻāina e kau kānāwai no ka hoʻēmi ʻia ʻana o ka nui kanaka ma nā hale hoʻopaʻahao.

Ua ʻōlelo akula ʻo Jogene Cuizon, makemake ʻo ia e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono hale hoʻopaʻahao ma Ჹɲʻ, a huhū ʻo ia nei i ke kahu mālama paʻahao ma Hālawa a me kona hālāwai ʻole ʻana me ia ma kona huakaʻi ʻana i ka hale hoʻopaʻahao i kēlā Iulai aku nei no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka pono o kāna keikikāne.

ʻO Kahe Cuizon “he kāne maikaʻi, a he mea nui kona hala ʻana iā mākou a me kāna mau keiki,” wahi āna. Hoʻokahi āna keikikāne a ʻehā āna mau kaikamāhina, wahi āna, a “he mea nui nā ola paʻahao. ʻO kākou ka poʻe. He mea nui nā ola paʻahao.”

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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