Hawaii Department of Public Safety Archives

Women’s Correctional Center in Hawaii Breaks Ground on New Housing

August 3, 2021July 29, 2021 Correctional News 3247 Views CGL, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, WCCC

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety (DPS) broke ground in July on the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) in Honolulu, marking a key milestone for the project that aims to greatly improve the conditions of female offenders.

Hawaii Struggles as Overcrowding in Corrections Worsens

May 2, 2018April 10, 2019 Correctional News 4186 Views ACLU, hawaii, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, Maui, Overcrowding

For years now, officials at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) have raised concerns about overcrowding in Hawaii’s correctional facilities, and new figures show that this predicament is only getting worse.

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Supreme Court Decides on Inmate Religious Practices

January 28, 2015 2888 Views Brian Bosma, Doug Garrison, Eastern U.S., First Solar, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, negative, Of-fice of the California State Fire Marshal, prisoner work, reactions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 20 that prison officials cannot arbitrarily ban peaceful religious practices in the country’s correctional institutions. The justices unanimously sided with the defendant in Holt v.

Arkansas Prison Officials Seek Funding for New Prison

July 23, 2014July 29, 2014 3078 Views Central U.S., Hawaii Department of Public Safety, John N. Kennedy, Paul Grogan, Sonia Chang-Diaz

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

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Arkansas County Jails Encourage New Construction

June 25, 2014 3226 Views Central U.S., Florida kosher prison food lawsuit, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, inmate crowding, Oahu Community Correctional Center, prison escape

NEWPORT, Ark. — Construction is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks on the new $8 million jail in Newport, Ark., located in Jackson County. The project has been delayed due to rain in the area; however, once it begins, it should last about 15 months.