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Kulani Correctional Facility re-opens in Hilo
By hawaii247.com
Published: 07/02/2014

Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Tuesday joined Public Safety Department Director Ted Sakai and members of the East Hawaii community to mark the grand re-opening of Kulani Correctional Facility in Hilo.

The facility closed in 2009, resulting in the displacement of nearly 100 staff and the transfer of almost 200 Hawaii inmates to other overcrowded state facilities.

“Re-opening Kulani Correctional Facility is the right thing to do for inmates and their families, the community, and our entire state,” Gov. Abercrombie said. “Today we are delivering on a promise that adds much-needed capacity to our corrections system while restoring jobs and keeping tax-payer dollars in the state.”

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