#Hale Nani

Inmates were connected to support systems that they can access after release during Hawaiʻi County’s first reintegration resource fair.

Kawai Pomroy was arrested without incident at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday by park rangers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Meanwhile, Clyde Takeshi Talosaga Loa Jr. remains at large and should be considered armed and dangerous. Joseph Fernandez was apprehended Dec. 18, 2024.

31-year-old Clyde T. Loa and 41-year-old Kawai J. Pomroy are still at large after reportedly escaping Dec. 13 from the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center reintegration facility.

Inmates 31-year-old Clyde Takeshi Talosaga Loa Jr. and 41-year-old Kawai James Pomroy remain at large. The three escaped Dec. 13 in a car owned by one of the facility’s employees.

Adult corrections officer training courses have compressed in length and doubled in number to address a staff shortage.

65-year-old Mark Kahalewai was scheduled to return to the Big Island reintegration center by 2 p.m. Friday. If you see him, call 9-1-1.

Work furlough inmate Michael Saragosa-Galon failed to return from a furlough pass to the Hale Nani Reintegration Center in Panaʻewa by his deadline of 2 p.m. Friday.

The Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety issued a release Tuesday after a Hale Nani work furlough inmate failed to return from a furlough pass.

A Hawai‘i Island inmate made an unauthorized exit from the Hale Nani Reintegration Center on Friday, March 1, 2019.

An inmate attempted to smuggle a bag that contained candy, tobacco, and what authorities say appeared to be marijuana.

The Hawai’i Department of Public Safety said Friday afternoon that State Sheriffs and the Hawai’i Police Department have been notified.

The Hawai’i Police Department has joined in on the search for two 24-year-old men, Devin Saragosa-Taoy and Jensen Yadao, who were reported as escapees on Monday from Hale Nani correctional facility.

Jensen Yadao is a community custody inmate, the lowest classification status, who is part of the work furlough program will pass privileges.

Twenty-nine-year-old Yanagawa is a furlough inmate at the facility who was out on a day pass and failed to return for his scheduled check-in at 2 p.m.

Scottie Yanagawa is described as 5-foot-5 and 165 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Joshua Lopes-Keli failed to report for his scheduled check-in at Hale Nani Reintegration Center in Hilo Friday.

Hale Nani inmate Lyndal Gilliland was reported missing Friday night

A Hale Nani inmate who reportedly escaped on Feb. 16 was located Thursday afternoon and has now been charged.

Four individuals attempted to escape from Hawai’i Community Correctional Center overnight, using a piece of furniture to break through a door.

The Hawai’i Police Department is renewing its request for information regarding a February Hale Nani escapee.