The Senate proposed spending $25 million to plan and solicit bids to replace the aging Oahu Community Correctional Center. The House offered nothing.

Jimuel Gatioan hung himself at OCCC despite warnings by a prosecutor and a defense lawyer that he was suicidal, court records show.

Johnson is a veteran of the existing system but pledged “a complete paradigm shift” if confirmed as the director of the Department of Public Safety.

Newspaper accounts at the time portrayed Alfred Tai as a leader of a stick-up crew. He was convicted of killing two Honolulu police officers.

Big Island Chief Judge Judge Robert Kim, who toured the packed facility in January, has been refusing to send some defendants to the jail, letting them await trial at home.

The state says the labor board exceeded its authority and made a “clearly erroneous” decision regarding Jonathan Taum.

Kapiolani Community College has offered courses to women at the Women’s Community Correctional Facility since 2008.

The correctional oversight commission observed gates left open and continued problems with the electronic medical records system at the Oahu jail.

Officials warn more arrests are expected as they crack down on drug use in correctional facilities on Oahu.

Staff allege that the number of inmates who tested positive at the Halawa Correctional Facility is higher than official figures.