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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COVID-19 UPDATE FOR 8/29/20

  • Writer: Hawaiʻi State Senate
    Hawaiʻi State Senate
  • Aug 29, 2020
  • 2 min read

The Department of Public Safety (PSD) received 61 OCCC inmate test results. Of the 61 results reported, 30 were positive and 31 were negative. The facility received testing reports on 80 staff. Of that number, 4 were positive and 76 were negative.

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Halawa Correctional Facility also reported a positive test result for an employee. The employee last worked on 8/17/20. The department is working with DOH on contact tracing at the facility.

The total number of active inmates is 79 and recovered is 208.


There are currently no inmates hospitalized.


The total number of active PSD staff is 49 and recovered is 15.

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Professional deep-cleaning/sanitization services are underway to address several housing units. All units that housed tested positive inmates will be addressed through this process. This necessary measure is for the safety and well-being of staff and inmates alike and will be an ongoing process as needed.

  • The inmate releases directed through the Hawaii Supreme Court (HSC) orders are on-going. The lists of names/criminal case numbers for defendants from OCCC, MCCC and KCCC, released 8/28/20, per HSC court order, are attached.The HSC order requires that PSD provide a list of all inmates released under the order no later than the next day following the release. The HSC order requires that PSD provide a list of all inmates released under the order no later than the next day following the release.

  • All transports to court from all Oahu facilities are suspended through Friday, September 4. Video hearings will still be accommodated to the extent possible and as legally permissible. PSD is in constant contact with the Judiciary to assure the safety of all staff and inmates involved.

PSD will continue to closely monitor the spread of COVID-19 and make additional operational and preventative decisions as the situation evolves.

For more information on PSD’s planning and response to COVID-19, inmate testing data, and information detailing the efforts made to safeguard the inmates, staff and public, visit our webpage at: http://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/

 
 
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