Josiah Palimo'omanu pleaded no contest last week for the death of Christopher Vaefaga, a fellow OCCC inmate. Palimo'omanu did ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu firefighter Travis Kotrys was arrested Nov. 22 for first degree sex assault. An Oahu ...

HONOLULU(KHON2) — The climate inside Hawaii’s correctional facilities is at a tipping point with inmates running the show and ...

COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION A conceptual rendering of the proposed new jail to replace the aging Oahu Community Correctional Center. The project is still in the ...

On Oahu, there are 215 inmates with COVID-19 at Oahu Community Correctional Center and one at Halawa Correctional Center, the Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday. An additional 39 staff ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The head of the State’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said there’s been a surge of Hawaii inmates being sent away to a facility on the mainland, but it’s ...

HALAWA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Inmates at Halawa Correctional Facility are slowly getting their lives on track after celebrating their newest accomplishment, earning their General Education ...

Yet Oahu needs a new jail ... million expansion project has been completed at the Women’s Community Correctional Center, designed to hold women previously placed at OCCC. This relieves some ...

HONOLULU(KHON2) — The climate inside Hawaii’s correctional facilities is at a tipping point with inmates running the show and guards overworked and underpaid. That’s according to multiple ...

“Maui Community Correctional Center is the most egregiously overcrowded facility in the State of Hawaii, presently at 203 percent capacity — housing over double the number of individuals it ...