#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.