Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawaii Prison Oversight Meetings Are Missing A Key Player — The Prisons Director
Tommy Johnson told the oversight coordinator that neither he nor his staff will attend the meetings, though they’ll engage in other ways.
Courtesy: Honolulu Police Department/2021
John Hill: A Baby’s ‘Bizarre’ Death Exposes Hawaii’s Penchant For Secrecy In Child Welfare Cases
It took extensive digging and luck to find the kind of information about the unpublicized case that’s readily available on other states’ websites and is crucial to improving the child welfare system.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Hawaii Will Be Stuck With Its Outdated Unemployment System At Least 3 More Years
The pandemic drew attention to the need to scrap the state’s 1980s-era mainframe, but it’s still around. Now, it’s hampering claims related to Lahaina.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017
Halawa Prison Electrical Problems Leave Inmates Sitting In The Dark
The Department of Public Safety is trying to determine the scope of the problem, and what it will take to fix it.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
Hawaii’s State-Run Psychiatric Hospital Is So Crowded Patients Sleep In Conference Rooms
The killing of a nurse last week happened outside the main secure facility, but it cast a spotlight on concerns about staff safety.
State of Hawaii/2021
Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access
The public is invited to weigh in on which areas lack high-speed service. Those areas will be the top priority for funding.
Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2021
Hawaii Halts Work On Another Computer System Upgrade
The state is reassessing the effort to upgrade its business registration system after it was found to be flawed.
Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017
Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency Struggles To Fill Many Key Jobs
About 45% of HIEMA’s civil service jobs are vacant, forcing the agency to use temporary and exempt employees to fill in.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018
Hawaii Is Still Struggling To Modernize A 50-Year-Old Computer And Financial Data Systems
A vendor has been unable to meet contract requirements after two years and nearly $8 million. Meanwhile, a separate contract with the same company is running two years late.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Former CoreCivic Lobbyist Is Helping To Plan A New Oahu Jail
Prison developer CoreCivic says it will decide if it will compete for the $900 million project based on ‘the specific requirements’ of the solicitation.