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Family and community members wave signs on Waiale Road as motorists pass Maui Community Correctional Center Friday evening. Protesters were calling for the state to take more action as the jail outbreak grew to 75 inmates and one staff member. â The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
WAILUKU — On Friday, as 20 new COVID-19 cases were reported at Maui Community Correctional Center, family members and supporters held signs in front of the jail urging that more be done to stop the spread of the virus at the Wailuku facility.
“We are a year in (the pandemic) and they don’t have good protocols,” said Cara Flores, founder of Hale Hawaii, a group that has been calling for more proactive action against the virus across the state. “It’s sad it is happening here.”