The jail is supposed to be built on the site of the old animal quarantine station in Halawa, but the quarantine station probably won’t relocate for another two or three years.

One inmate died after a fight. The other had been hospitalized with a medical condition.

A jury deadlocked earlier this year when asked to decide if Miti Maugaotega Jr. should be executed.

Critics want officials to divert their focus to correctional reform.

More aggressive minimum sentences coincide with severe overcrowding and deteriorating prison conditions.

Jail staff knew that admitted killer Ezequiel Zayas was mentally ill and should not have placed him in the cell that day, his lawyer said.

So far 58 prisoners have tested positive.

A Honolulu lawyer plans to ask a federal judge to appoint a special master to force the state to provide better mental health care to inmates.

Prisoners often face an uphill battle to complete drug and behavioral programs required by the parole board.

The settlement of a lawsuit over sex assaults of female inmates came after a federal court judge announced plans to probe allegations of misconduct by state lawyers.