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Electrical problems at Halawa prison have staff concerned
By hawaiinewsnow.com- Lynn Kawano
Published: 10/23/2014

HALAWA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Old fashioned keys are now needed to open some of the doors at the Halawa Correctional Facility.

The doors are supposed to be automatic, with staff remotely controlling them. In emergencies, all the cells can be opened or closed. But last week, corrections officers noticed doors in some sections of the prison, randomly opening or unlocking. The Department of Public Safety stopped using the automated system, and went back to using keys.

That creates a safety issue for officers.

"If a staff is in there carrying keys and the keys will open all the doors and the inmate overpowers the staff, then we have a problem," says Ted Sakai, Director of the Department of Public Safety.

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