Two recently admitted inmates to Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center tested positive for COVID-19 with an additional four inmate test results returning negative.
The positive cases are in intake-related quarantine housing. The facility has enacted its pandemic protocol to suspend all inmate movement going out of the facility as a precaution. HCCC will continue to take new admissions.
The facility health care staff and the Department of Health have initiated contact tracing and are coordinating voluntary testing.
COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted statewide at all facilities. The inmate test results received at other facilities are as follows:
O‘ahu Community Correctional Center – 45 negative inmate test results
Maui Community Correctional Center – 6 negative inmate test results
Women’s Community Correctional Center – 2 negative inmate test results
Halawa Correctional Facility – 1 negative inmate test result
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The Department of Public Safety continues to encourage all staff and inmates to voluntarily receive the COVID vaccination. For more information on PSD’s planning and response to COVID-19, inmate testing data, and information detailing the efforts made to safeguard the inmates, staff and public, click here.
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