#hilo jail

4 Hawaiʻi Island correctional officers sentenced for beating an inmate, covering it up

January 19, 2023 · 12:01 AM UTC
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

October 27, 2022 · 4:30 PM UTC
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

September 27, 2018 · 2:24 AM UTC
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

May 17, 2014 · 4:55 AM UTC
The 26 ACOs will fill vacancies at Hawaii Community Correctional Center, including those created by guards transitioning back to Kulani Correctional Facility.