#hawaii prison

Legislation to Improve Compassionate Prison Release Process

Compassionate release gives federal prison inmates an opportunity to appeal for early release for “extraordinary and compelling” reasons…

Preferred Site Chosen for New OCCC

Gov. David Ige announced that the Animal Quarantine Station is the preferred location for the new Oʻahu Community Correctional Center.

Complaint Filed Regarding State’s Jail, Prison Status

The ACLU asserts that Hawai‘i prisons and jails do not meet minimum standards and violate Constitutional amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

LETTER: State Inviting “Prison-Industrial Complex” to Hawaii

“Whereas the population of native Hawaiians in the state may be 23%(?), the State of Hawai`i statistics show 41% of the incarcerated are native Hawaiian.”