News Releases

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) welcomed a new class of 13 adult corrections officers (ACO) at a graduation ceremony Friday, March 21, 2025, at the State Capitol auditorium. The graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class (BCRC)...

LĪHUʻE, KAUAʻI — The Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) is seeking community input on the preferred site for the future Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center (KCCC) following information presented at the recent symposium, “Pathways for Reentry from Incarceration: A...

HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi Community Design Center (UHCDC) has completed its final proof-of-concept study report, “Breaking Cycles: Alternative Models for Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice on Oʻahu,” on the proposed new Oʻahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC). The report presents...

LIHUʻE, KAUAʻI — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) hosted an event, “Pathways for Reentry from Incarceration: A Community Symposium for the Future of the Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center,” Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, where DCR officials, stakeholders and community...

HONOLULU — Inmate Kawai J. Pomroy, one of three inmates who left the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center (HCCC) Hale Nani site without permission on Hawaiʻi Island in December 2024 has been returned to custody at HCCC. Park rangers at the...

HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center (HCCC) celebrated the new Kaumana Housing Unit with a blessing and dedication ceremony Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. More than 50 people attended the event under an open canopy tent next to the new...

HILO — Inmate Joseph C, Fernandez, one of three inmates who left the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center (HCCC) Hale Nani site without permission on Hawaiʻi island Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, has been returned to custody at HCCC. The Hawaiʻi County...

HONOLULU — Wearing a firefighter jacket costume, the 6-year-old son of inmate Sean Kim stepped out of a white shuttle van on a Sunday morning at the Waiawa Correctional Facility recreation field where holiday music filled the air. Once he...

HONOLULU — A search is underway for three inmates who allegedly escaped from the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center Hale Nani Facility in Hilo at approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Inmate Kawai J. Pomroy, 41, was first discovered missing....

HONOLULU — The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) hosted a graduation ceremony Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, for three women who earned their GED from the Department of Education’s McKinley Community School for Adults – Moanalua Campus, and for six women...