In 2022, Fernandez had nearly 95 pounds (43 kilograms) of aerial fireworks mailed to "the very correctional facility that he ...

This story was written by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A former guard had illegal aerial fireworks mailed to Hawaiʻi’s largest ...

HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Gilchrist Fernandez, 35. Fernandez pleaded guilty today to two fireworks offenses after he had nearly 95 pounds of illegal aerials shipped to the Oahu Community ...

A new survey has revealed that the vast majority of correctional staff in Hawaii are struggling with serious health ...

The 40-year-old leader of a group that operated illegal game rooms, online gambling applications and sold methamphetamine and ...

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the mandatory overtime takes a toll.

A California man is scheduled to plead guilty today for allegedly aiding a drug trafficking organization run out of a California prison that was shipping tens of pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The leader of the union that represents adult corrections officers at Hawaii’s prison and jails said it was wrong for the corrections director to suggest the union was ...

It names as defendants Hawaii County, the county police chief ... Ian Schweitzer is entitled to $50,000 for every year spent in prison as a result of his wrongful conviction, Harrison said ...

Once again, sick leave abuse and a union dispute are parts of the problem. The Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission was formed to make sure inmates and detainees were treated ...

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New ...