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Waiawa Correctional Facility

Other Personal and Professional Development Programs

  • Cognitive Skills-Transformation CBT  — This program provides group and individual counseling sessions in changing an inmate’s behavior. Delivery of services provided by the Salvation Army.
  • Cognitive Skills-P-CHAMP/Lifestiles — This correspondence cognitive skills course is delivered via Zoom sessions.
  • Yoga — An instructional education program to develop body awareness, focus and relieve everyday stress.

Career Technical Training

  • Culinary Arts — For inmates interested in the Food Service industry and may have had previous food service experience. Delivery of services provided by the Kapiolani Community College.
  • Forklift Certification — For inmates interested in jobs that require Forklift operation.
  • Food Safety & Certification — For inmates interested in the Food Service industry and may have had previous food service experience. Delivery of services provided by the Kapiolani Community College.
  • Carpentry Apprenticeship — For inmates interested in the construction industry and may have had previous carpentry experience. Upon completion of this apprenticeship, the inmate is automatically accepted into the union and is credited by hours completed. This program will soon be extended to female inmates at WCCC.
  • American Job Center Program — Coming soon! Services to assist inmates in HireNet Hawaii, skills training, job search assistance, in-depth career counseling and access to training for in-demand jobs.
  • Aztec Life Skills — An independent studies web-based program that addresses employability and life skills.
  • Toastmasters — Develops, enhances, and improves communication skills through public speaking.

Substance Abuse Treatment

  • KASHBOX – Residential Treatment — A therapeutic community for inmates that are assessed for residential substance abuse treatment with moderate / high risk for recidivism.
  • Intensive Outpatient Treatment  — For inmates with moderate risk for recidivism. Delivery of services provided by facility substance abuse staff and/or Salvation Army.
  • Outpatient Treatment — For inmates with low risk for recidivism. Delivery of services provided by facility substance abuse staff and/or Salvation Army.
  • Narcotics Anonymous — Volunteer-led NA meetings.

Family Re-Unification Programs

  • Read-to-Me International — Inmates are re-connected with their children by choosing a children’s book to read aloud, recorded on CD, and the book/CD is mailed to the inmate’s family.

Furlough Programs

  • Clean and Sober Housing — Provides eligible inmates on extended furlough and eligible parolees, a clean and safe place to live at reduced rates to help them save money to be self-sufficient when transitioning back to the community. Delivery of services for female inmates provided by Women in Need (WIN), and GOODWILL HAWAII provides services for both male and female inmates.
  • Project Bridge Furlough — Provides eligible high-risk inmates that have successfully completed intensive substance abuse treatment with an opportunity to actively job seek, establish financial stability, develop pro-social relationships, and find appropriate housing prior to release from incarceration.