COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted in the state prisons and jails as well as in the contracted Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ. The latest testing updates received for the correctional facilities are as follows:
Oahu Community Correctional Center – 175 negative inmate test results.
Hawaii Community Correctional Center – 46 negative inmate test results. 1 employee has recovered.
Halawa Correctional Facility – 24 negative inmate test results.
Kulani Correctional Facility – 6 negative inmate test results and 12 negative staff test results.
Kauai Community Correctional Center – 3 negative inmate test results.
The Department of Public Safety (PSD) continues to encourage all staff and inmates to voluntarily get tested and receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
For more detailed inmate testing data, PSD’s Pandemic Plan and information on response efforts made to safeguard the inmates, staff and public, visit the dedicated COVID-19 webpage at: http://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/.
Photo credit: Department of Public Safety
