The suit alleges corrections officers at the state’s largest prison gave members of a prison gang access to an inmate in protective custody, who was then beaten.

Experts say some inmates at Hālawa don’t need to be in the restrictive setting of a medium-security prison, and the setting at Waiawa will be more therapeutic.

A corrections official told the family Denise Foster died of injuries after “an incident.” The Foster family says they learned Denise was attacked in her cell.

The convicted crime boss died of a fentanyl overdose in federal prison in December 2024, before he had been sentenced.

Lawyers for the defense and prosecution called the jail to warn that a prisoner was suicidal. Then the inmate hanged himself in a cell.

Few departments met the official 10% goal last year. While cost, quality and lack of consistent supply are concerns, the current pace doesn’t bode well for the larger push to wean the islands off imported food.

Corrections officials are asking for millions of dollars this year to hire dozens of health care workers to improve mental health services inside.

Alvin Jardine fought for nearly a decade to be paid under the state’s wrongful conviction compensation law. He died before receiving payment.

The settlement calls for a $600,000 payment to the estate of Brian Kimo O’Gorman after he suffered heart failure while withdrawing from methadone.

Officials say the new facility is long overdue so that they can focus on rehabilitating inmates.