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Corrections officials still aren’t providing a cause of death for 20 of the 23 prisoners who died in Hawaii prisons and jails last year.

Staff report the injured corrections officers were taken to a local emergency room Thursday after they were beaten by inmates.

The state Attorney General’s Office wants to block pandemic lawsuits, including claims filed in cases where prisoners died from Covid-19.

If lawmakers agree, the total sum committed to planning may be $35 million for a lockup the governor believes might eventually cost $1 billion.

After hearing that a new lockup could cost as much as $1 billion, members again ask the state to study alternatives.

Suit claims James Borling-Salas gave Honolulu police information about the alleged murder-for-hire of Jonathan Fraser.

The deputy has already put the state on the hook for more than $7 million in damages, a case that revealed shortcomings in the jail’s practices for handling women prisoners.

The deputy sheriff accused of assault maintains he did nothing wrong.

A staffer says false data in a 2018 audit of the Maui jail hid deviations from staffing requirements under the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Human Resources Officer Shelley Harrington allegedly “strong-armed” an investigator into changing his report, unions say.