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Corrections officials need millions of dollars to maintain aging prisons and jails but say the real solution is to build new jails. That would be even more expensive.

A free legal clinic in Waianae offers participants a chance to resolve outstanding warrants and clear arrest records without being detained or posting bail.

WAIANE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Public Defender’s Office and the Judiciary held a free Records Expungement and Bench Warrant Recall Clinic at Waianae Public Library Saturday.

"Residents of Hawaii are witness to the historical consequences of land dispossession, colonization, and cultural erasure, and have not turned a blind eye to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people on their land."

Hawaii Prisons Are Getting New Scanners That Can Detect Drugs Without Opening Mail

The city completed installation of 30 new high-resolution security cameras, of the 60 to be installed in the Chinatown area.

Hawaii is holding 1,000 prisoners at the Saguaro Correctional Center that had a murder, stabbing and fatal drug overdoses in recent months.

Rick Blangiardi said he’ll take 1,000 people off the streets within a year, and that he's not worried about legal challenges.

Update On Efforts to End Homelessness