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:
Halawa Correctional Facility – 106 inmate test results; 7 positive, 99 negative. 1 positive employee result was reported.
Women’s Community Correctional Center – 15 inmate test results; 2 positive, 13 negative.
Oahu Community Correctional Center – 80 inmate test results; 1 positive, 79 negative.
Kauai Community Correctional Center – 17 inmate test results; 1 positive, 16 negative.
Waiawa Correctional Facility – 4 inmates and 4 staff members have recovered.
Hawaii Community Correctional Center – 8 negative inmate test results.
COVID-19 updates for other PSD Divisions are as follows:
Sheriff Division – 1 positive staff test result reported.
Administrative Division – 7 admin staff have recovered.
Attached Agencies (HPA, CVCC) – 1 Hawaii Paroling Authority employee has recovered.
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 http://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/.
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