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| Last inmates leave Big Isle prison |
| By honoluluadvertiser.com |
| Published: 09/22/2009 |
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HILO, Hawai'i — The 63-year history of the Big Island's only prison quietly ended last Thursday when the last 30 Kulani Correctional Facility inmates were transferred to O'ahu facilities. "They're all settled in now," said Tommy Johnson, deputy director of the state Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division. One of the men went to O'ahu Community Correctional Center, three others to Waiawa Correctional Facility and the remaining 26 to the Federal Detention Facility in Honolulu, he said. None of Kulani's 123 former inmates are being sent to Mainland prisons, he said. "There's room (in Hawai'i) because we're using the FDC," he said, referring to the Federal Detention Facility near Honolulu International Airport. The Lingle administration in July announced the planned closure of Kulani to save money and help close a budget deficit. Both the Kulani employees and prisoners are unhappy with the decision to close the facility, said Ikaika Dombrigues, a building maintenance supervisor who has worked at Kulani for 20 years. "Their lives have just been crumbled," he said of employees who will continue reporting to work for the near future. Read More. |
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