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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.

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.

PSD Graduates New Correctional Officers

The Department of Public Safety welcomed a new class of adult correctional officers at a graduation ceremony held at the Neal Blaisdell Center.

Adult Correctional Officer Graduates Assigned to HCCC

The 26 ACOs will fill vacancies at Hawaii Community Correctional Center, including those created by guards transitioning back to Kulani Correctional Facility.