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Organizations call on Honolulu to end homeless sweeps - Aug. 21, 2020
Credit Noe Tanigawa
In March 2020, the Honolulu Police Department and the city suspended homeless disruptions, but they resumed in May after HPD’s Provisional Outdoor Screening and Triage Center opened with a capacity of 200.
ACLU Executive Director Joshua Wisch contended that with community spread and COVID outbreaks at Oahu Community Correctional Center and homeless shelters, dispersing unsheltered people endangered the public. Find this segment on The Conversation.
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