News Releases

HONOLULU — Work furlough inmate Breanna Leong-Bulatao has been reported missing after she failed to return to the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) at 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. The State Sheriff Division and Honolulu Police Department were notified....

HONOLULU — The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted its annual Hoʻike event Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, showcasing the incredible talent of the women at the facility through dance, music and creative writing. More than 20 inmates performed for honored...

WAILUKU, Maui — The Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) hosted a graduation ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, for five inmates who earned their General Education Development (GED) or High School Equivalency diploma while in custody at the facility. Wednesday’s event...

HILO, Hawaiʻi — Inmate Clyde T. T. Loa — one of the three inmates who left the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center (HCCC) Hale Nani Facility without permission in December 2024 — was returned to custody at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday,...

HONOLULU— The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted a graduation ceremony at the facility plant nursery Friday, July 18, 2025, for eight women who completed the Windward Community College (WCC) Landscaping Technician Prep Program. The graduates are the first cohort...

HONOLULU— The Hālawa Correctional Facility (HCF), in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority (HPA) and Transforming Lives, hosted a resource fair at the facility gymnasium Thursday, July 17, 2025, for more than 100 inmates to help them prepare for reentry...

HILO, HAWAIʻI ISLAND — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) welcomed a new classof eight adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation ceremony at the Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA inHilo on Monday, July 14, 2025. The graduates from Basic...

HONOLULU — Laumaka work furlough inmate Steve R. Abraham was returned to custody at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center at approximately 12:30 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2025, following his arrest in Kalihi. Abraham, 24, was reported missing from a headcount...

HONOLULU — “American Idol” 2025 finalist Thunderstorm Artis gifted inmates with a free concert at the Hālawa Correctional Facility Monday, June 30, 2025. “I think music is such a healing thing and for me the message I try to bring...

HONOLULU — At the Hālawa Correctional Facility, the 12-year-old son of inmate Paul E. Abiley Jr. walked into facility courtyard Saturday morning and smiled as soon as he saw his father standing there facing him. The child hugged his dad...