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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Public Safety welcomed a new class of adult correctional officers at a recent graduation ceremony and luncheon at the Papaikou Hongwanji Hall. 26 recruits graduated from Basic Corrections Training (BCT) and will begin their careers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC). Hawaii Police Department Assistant Chief Henry Tavares was […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Intake Service Center, an agency within the state Department of Public Safety, has been awarded a Second Chance Act grant of $597,576 through the Office Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. The award will be used to support pre- and post-release reentry services for medium to high risk sentenced […]

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Jarvis Naoki Higa has been charged following his escape last week from Hawaii Community Correctional Center, according to authorities. Higa, 35, faces new charges of escape in the first degree, kidnapping, second degree assault, second degree robbery, criminal property damage and car theft. A team of about 15 law enforcement officers captured him Friday at […]

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Hawaii County Police search vehicles leaving the Kaumana area on Edita Street as two escapees from Hawaii Community Correctional Center remain on the loose and were last seen in the area.

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MEDIA RELEASE Six Hawaii Community Correctional Center inmates became the first graduates of the new START program last month, completing intensive training in Hilo that offered them new skills to help them manage their finances and re-enter the workforce. The first graduation for the program was April 8 at the new classroom building at Hale […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   Department of Public Safety Director Clayton Frank, along with Lt. Governor James “Duke” Aiona and Hawaii County officials celebrated the grand opening of a new building which will be used to provide a re-entry program to inmates of the Hawaii Community Correctional Center. The new program building, at the Hale Nani facility […]

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