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Native Hawaiians Are Overrepresented In Prisons. Cultural Education Could Help Charlotte West/Open Campus

Native Hawaiians Are Overrepresented In Prisons. Cultural Education Could Help

Windward Community College is one of the only higher education institutions in Hawaii offering culturally focused classes in prison.  

Women Inmates On Oahu Get A Chance To Further Their Education Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Women Inmates On Oahu Get A Chance To Further Their Education

A pilot program includes peer tutoring, a counselor, correspondence classes and a reentry planning program.

State Will Pay $2 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Of Women Inmates Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

State Will Pay $2 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Of Women Inmates

The settlement is surprising because a federal court jury refused to award any damages to the women after a trial last fall.

Debate Over A New Hawaii Jail Heats Up In The Final Days Of The Legislature Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Debate Over A New Hawaii Jail Heats Up In The Final Days Of The Legislature

The Senate proposed spending $25 million to plan and solicit bids to replace the aging Oahu Community Correctional Center. The House offered nothing.

Oahu Inmate Kills Himself After Jail Staff Fails To Put Him On Suicide Watch Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Oahu Inmate Kills Himself After Jail Staff Fails To Put Him On Suicide Watch

Jimuel Gatioan hung himself at OCCC despite warnings by a prosecutor and a defense lawyer that he was suicidal, court records show.

Corrections Nominee Tommy Johnson Clears Committee Vote, Advances To The Full Senate David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Corrections Nominee Tommy Johnson Clears Committee Vote, Advances To The Full Senate

Johnson is a veteran of the existing system but pledged “a complete paradigm shift” if confirmed as the director of the Department of Public Safety.

Hawaii Prisoner Dies After Serving More Than 59 Years For 1963 Murders Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Hawaii Prisoner Dies After Serving More Than 59 Years For 1963 Murders

Newspaper accounts at the time portrayed Alfred Tai as a leader of a stick-up crew. He was convicted of killing two Honolulu police officers.

Judge: ‘Seeing Is Believing’ When It Comes To ‘Atrocious’ Conditions At The Hilo Jail Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Judge: ‘Seeing Is Believing’ When It Comes To ‘Atrocious’ Conditions At The Hilo Jail

Big Island Chief Judge Judge Robert Kim, who toured the packed facility in January, has been refusing to send some defendants to the jail, letting them await trial at home.

Hawaii AG: Imprisoned Prison Guard Shouldn’t Get His Job Back Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii AG: Imprisoned Prison Guard Shouldn’t Get His Job Back

The state says the labor board exceeded its authority and made a “clearly erroneous” decision regarding Jonathan Taum.

A New Recipe: This Program Puts Oahu Inmates In College Cooking Courses

A New Recipe: This Program Puts Oahu Inmates In College Cooking Courses

Kapiolani Community College has offered courses to women at the Women’s Community Correctional Facility since 2008.