News Releases

WAIAWA, HI — The Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF) hosted a graduation ceremony Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, for 11 men who completed the Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship Program. The completion of the six-week pre-apprenticeship program provides participants with direct entry into the Hawaiʻi...

KAILUA — The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted a graduation ceremony Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, for 10 inmates who completed the Windward Community College’s (WCC) Mental Health Technician Program. “It’s an overwhelming sense of pride to have accomplished something...

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) and its community partners recognized three women — two inmates from the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) and a third woman who was recently released from the facility —for completing a...

‘AIEA, Hawai’i — The Hālawa Correctional Facility (HCF) hosted a commencement ceremony Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, for inmate Temauraʻi Border who earned an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Windward Community College (WCC). Border, 27, is the first...

HONOLULU — On a rainy Sunday morning at the Waiawa Correctional Facility, the eight-year-old son of inmate Deonimar Dacanay ran toward his father as soon as he walked into the Christmas-decorated Quonset hut. The child tiptoed as he wrapped his...

HONOLULU — The O’ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) Laumaka Work Furlough Center hosted its first ever career fair for over 20 work furlough inmates Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, to help them prepare for reintegration into the community. The facility collaborated...

HONOLULU — The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted a graduation ceremony Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, for five women who earned their GED from the Department of Education’s McKinley Community School for Adults (MCSA), as well as for six women...

KAILUA, Hawaiʻi — Incarcerated women embraced their family members as they reunited at the Women’s Community Correctional Center Maunawili Cottage courtyard for a Christmas-themed gathering. The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted the “Star Light, Star Bright” ʻOhana Day event...

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) welcomed a new class of 11 new adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation ceremony Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the State Capitol auditorium. The graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class...

ʻAIEA, Hawaiʻi — The Hālawa Correctional Facility staff and volunteers decorated the facility courtyard with colorful adornments, transforming it into a festive Christmas-themed area where incarcerated fathers reunited with their children. HCF, in collaboration with Keiki O Ka ʻĀina (KOKA)...