#Hawaii Community Correctional Center
New class of state corrections officers graduates; four assigned to Big Island facility
Adult corrections officer training courses have compressed in length and doubled in number to address a staff shortage.
Six newly graduated correctional officers take up posts at Hawai‘i Island jails
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation welcomed its first new class of adult corrections officers at a graduation ceremony on O‘ahu last week.
Kona couple found with fentanyl at Big Island airport charged with additional offenses after suspected overdose of jail inmate
The inmate who died was identified as Steven Mario Delgado.
Kona couple found with fentanyl at Big Island airport linked to overdose at Hilo jail
A Kona couple arrested at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport are facing additional charges after an inmate at Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center died of a suspected fentanyl overdose.
Inmate at Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center dies of suspected overdose
Hawai‘i Island police Capt. Rio Amon-Wilkins said officers responded to the jail at around 1 p.m. on Thursday following a report of two unresponsive men down in their cell.
Escaped inmate from Hilo’s Kūlani Correctional Facility caught 50 minutes later
A 31-year-old inmate at Kūlani Correctional Facility escaped from the Hilo facility, but he was on the lam for only 50 minutes before being caught.
12 people graduate to become adult correctional officers in Hawaiʻi
Twelve people completed Basic Corrections Recruit Class 23-01 training and will begin their careers as correctional officers in facilities across Oʻahu and on the Big Island.
Update: Escapee from correctional center caught in riverbed in Hilo; tried to steal 2 cars
Hawai’i Community Correctional Center escaped inmate Dyllan Paulo-Leslie was captured at 1:04 p.m. in the riverbed of Wailuku River, in the area behind Hilo High School, police said.
Escapee from Hilo jail spotted Saturday morning near Reedʻs Island; avoid the area
Dyllan Paulo-Leslie, who escaped from Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center in Hilo on Friday night, was sighted at 8:15 a.m. today near Kaiulani Street near the Reed’s Island area of Hilo.
Four officer recruits to work at Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center in Hilo
The 11-week correctional officers training in Hawaiʻi includes more than 400 hours of classroom time and physical training.
Jail policies same after Hilo inmate beating; but state’s security cameras being improved
The Hawai’i State Public Safety Department has hired a consultant to review security camera systems at each of the state’s jails and prisons and repair nonfunctional devices or replace them.
4 Hawaiʻi Island correctional officers sentenced for beating an inmate, covering it up
Jonathan Taum, 50, the officer who supervised the beating of the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center inmate and orchestrated the conspiracy to cover it up, received the biggest sentence: 12 years.
Former Hawaii Community Correctional Center officer sentenced to prison for role in assault of inmate
A former correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for his role in the assault of an inmate and his participation in a multi-year conspiracy to cover-up the abuse.
Aging, overcrowded Hilo correctional center getting some help, but more is needed
The state is renovating the aging jail in Hilo and adding a new roughly $20 million, 48-bed unit, but its not enough to deal with the facilityʻs overcrowding.
Hawaiʻi County Council approves proposals and priorities for 2023 State Legislature
The Hawai‘i County Council is making sure its voice is heard during the upcoming session of the Hawai‘i State Legislature.
Neighbors of overcrowded jail in residential area of Hilo want it relocated
Originally called the Hilo County Jail, Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center in Hilo started out as an 11-cell jailhouse built in the 1890s.
HCCC Welcomes 5 New Correctional Graduates
The Department of Public Safety on Friday welcomed a new class of adult correctional officers at a graduation ceremony held at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.
Inmate Visitations Canceled at HCCC Main Facility This Weekend Due to Active COVID Cases
Inmate visitations have been canceled at Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center’s main facility this weekend, May 7-8.
HCCC Inmate Formally Charged After Reported Assault of Adult Corrections Officer
A Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center inmate was officially charged in connection to an assault that led to the hospitalization of an adult corrections officer earlier this week.
DPS: 1 Staff Member at HCCC Tests Positive For COVID
The state Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 22, that one staff member at Hawai’i Community Correctional Center in Hilo has received a positive COVID-19 test result.
