Student Resource Officers (aka Cops) Will be Placed in DOE Schools

Students were more likely to be arrested on a campus with a school resource officer, according to Department of Education data.

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$1 Billion Superjail Is No Solution For Reform, Housing, Public Health

Our criminal justice issues are primarily driven by an affordable housing and public health crisis.

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Hawaii Senate Rejects Expansion Of Marijuana Decriminalization Law, While Broader Legalization Effort Appears Dead For The Year

Senators voted 12–11 against the decriminalization measure, SB 319, from Sen. Joy San Buenaventura (D) on Friday. There was no discussion or debate prior to the floor vote.

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Legal Director, Wookie Kim, Weighs In On How Racism Is Common In Hawaiʻi Schools — And Often Goes Unaddressed

Nearly half of white high school students and more than half of Black students in the state said they’d experienced racism in schools, according to a federal survey recently pulled from the internet by Trump administration orders.

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Inmate dies after alleged assault by cellmate in Oahu jail

An investigation is underway after an inmate at Oahu Community Correctional Center died early Wednesday morning.

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ACLU Cites ‘Pattern Of Violence’ After Killing At Oʻahu Jail

The death of OCCC inmate Eric Scotton is apparently the third homicide in the Hawaiʻi correctional system in less than a year.

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Immigration Crackdown Begins In Hawaiʻi As Advocates, Lawmakers Push Back

Executive Director of the ACLU of Hawai'i, Salmah Rizvi, Weighs In On Constitutionally Protected Rights

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Here's How a Pilot Program to Clear Marijuana Possession Records is Going

ACLU of Hawai'i Policy Director, Carrie Ann Shirota, Shares Insights

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Maui Homeless Suing County Over Sweep Celebrate After Ruling

The two women, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawaii, are suing Maui County for taking and destroying all their belongings during a homeless sweep at Kanaha Beach Park four years ago.

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