No COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi prisons, inmate population reduced

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There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi prisons or jails, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) reported on Thursday. The department also said there has been a substantial decrease in the jail population due to the pandemic.

Hawaiʻi prison facilities have longstanding outbreak management plans in place to quickly identify, isolate and treat communicable diseases, DPS says. 

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court issued an order Thursday addressing two pending petitions filed by the State Office of the Public Defender “regarding the release or changes in the conditions of confinement of inmates amid concerns of a potential COVID-19 outbreak in Hawaiʻi’s correctional centers and facilities.”

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