Growing COVID-19 Outbreak At Maui Jail Has Inmates, Families Worried - Honolulu Civil Beat
Growing COVID-19 Outbreak At Maui Jail Has Inmates, Families Worried
Cases at the correctional center are rising and the state health department has identified the situation as a cluster. Reading time: 5 minutes.
WAILUKU, Maui Families of people held at the Maui Community Correctional Center are calling for accountability over concerns that the overcrowded jail isn’t taking adequate measures to protect their loved ones from COVID-19.
Among other concerns, families say that the MCCC is violating requirements put forth in the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission’s September report, like social distancing between bunks. The commission, which was put in place in 2019 but has never received money to hire staff or carry out its duties, has authority to set inmate population levels.