2025

HONOLULU — At Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF), inmate John T. Granger’s face lit up as he enveloped his 14-year-old son in his arms once the teen stepped out of a shuttle van at the facility recreational field Sunday morning. The...

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) hosted its annual Incentive and Service Awards ceremony at the state Capitol auditorium Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Over a dozen employees were honored for their outstanding accomplishments and their dedication to...

HONOLULU — Oʻahu Community Correctional Center work furlough inmate Issac Pascua was arrested in Texas by Lubbock Police Department officers on a full extradition warrant Friday, June 13, 2025. Another individual, 42-year-old Jenny Pascua, was also arrested and charged with...

HONOLULU — The Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF) hosted a graduation ceremony and luncheon for nine inmates who received Kapiʻolani Community College (KCC) Culinary Arts certificates Friday, June 6, 2025. Honored guests that included Director Tommy Johnson of the Department of...

HONOLULU — Oʻahu Community Correctional Center work furlough inmate Issac Pascua failed to return to Module 20 Friday, May 23, 2025. Pascua, 41, left Module 20 on a work furlough pass Friday morning and was supposed to return by 7:30...

HILO — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation welcomed a new class of 14 adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation cermeony Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA. The graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class (BCRC)...

HILO — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation welcomed a new class of 14 adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation cermeony Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA. The graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class (BCRC)...

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) welcomed a new class of 12 adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation ceremony Friday, May 16, 2025, at the State Capitol auditorium. The graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class (BCRC)...

HILO — The Departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Labor and Industrial Relations hosted a reintegration resource fair at the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center – Hale Nani Facility Thursday, May 15, 2025, to help prepare men and women reenter the...

HONOLULU — The Hālawa Correctional Facility and Chaminade University hosted a graduation ceremony today at the facility Learning Center for nine men who earned their associate of arts degree in Business Administration from Chaminade University. The men comprise the second...