Prison Plan Includes New Facilities in Kona, Hilo
From West Hawaii Today:
An ambitious plan released late last week includes a new prison for West Hawaii and a new East Hawaii correctional complex that would combine the Hawaii Community Correctional Center, Kulani Correctional Facility, Hale Nani and associated facilities.
The Department of Public Safety on Nov. 14 released a request for information, the first step in what could be a long overhaul process for prisons and correctional centers statewide.
The department hopes to use the responses to plan a way to expand and modernize its facilities as well as bring home 1,400 Hawaii inmates currently imprisoned in Arizona. There haven’t been significant expansions of the system since 1987. Read more.
And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:
New Mountain View playground dedicated
Fishermen testify that proposals ‘ridiculous’
Interisland shipping slowly on the rise
Company says Molokai network made faster
Trails group complains it’s been ‘shut out’ of talks
Sentence reduced for ex-officer convicted in wife’s murder
Commission OKs permit for Alii Kai park
Bieber causes stir on Kauai’s South Shore
Site named for Kauai drug treatment center
Photo: Prison cell. (mikecogh)
—Chad Blair
