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The number of 'walk away' escapes rise significantly and DPS knows why
By hawaiinewsnow.com- Lynn Kawano
Published: 07/29/2014

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -

Since the beginning of the year, there have been about 30 inmates who walked away from the work furlough program statewide, that's more than all of last year. The Deputy Director of Corrections says that's because the number of inmates participating has also increased.

"We doubled our capacity at OCCC," says Max Otani, the Deputy Director of Corrections.

Just this past weekend, two inmates from the Oahu Community Correctional Center didn't return from job sites: Jared Denault, who was caught Monday in the parking lot of the Sports Authority on Ward Avenue, and Eric Pixley, who police are still looking for.

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