ACLU of Hawaiʻi attorney Leilani Stacy has filed several winning habeas petitions. (Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026)

Locked Up Too Long? Legal Tactic Challenges Hawaiʻi ICE Detentions

Joaquin David Rico-Tapia had been held at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center for six weeks when his attorney filed a special petition last September arguing he had been illegally detained as his deportation case went forward.

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Community Advocates and U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda Show Support for Survivors and Demand Accountability and Compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act

HONOLULU, HI – U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda joined community advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi (“ACLU of HI”) and Indivisible Hawaiʻi Statewide Network in delivering a message of support to the survivors of the Epstein crimes.
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Federal lawsuit charges Department of Public Safety officials with unlawful discrimination against women seeking to marry fiancés in prison

Read the complaint: Santos v. Kimoto - Complaint 5.15.12

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Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered in Mainland Prison Files Lawsuit Against State of Hawaii, Corrections Corporation of America

Today the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) (NYSE:CXW) private prison in Arizona in 2010, filed a lawsuit in state court against CCA and the State of Hawaii.

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Know your rights: new electrical "smart grids" raise privacy concerns

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ACLU files amicus brief on right to videotape police

Today, the ACLU of Hawaii submitted an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in the case of Kahle v. Villaflor in U.S. District Court in Honolulu.

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Bill 54 Signed, ACLU to Monitor Implementation

The ACLU remains very concerned about the measure’s true intent to target Hawaii’s homeless individuals because of their homelessness.  The ACLU will monitor how the new law is enforced, including any attempt to use this new law to curtail 1st Amendment rights to free speech and/or assembly.

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11/11/11 - APEC/Know Your Rights Questions of the Day

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APEC/Know Your Rights Questions of the Day

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