The Hawaii Department of Public Safety reports that COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted in the state prisons and jails as well as in the contracted Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ. The latest testing updates received for the correctional facilities are as follows:

Hawaii Community Correctional Center – 60 inmate test results; 25 positive, 35 negative. Two (2) positive staff test results and one (1) staff recovery reported. One (1) previously reported positive inmate was released.

Kulani Correctional Facility – 97 inmate test results; One (1) positive, 96 negative. One (1) positive staff test result and three (3) staff recoveries reported.

Halawa Correctional Facility – 230 inmate test results; 82 positive, 148 negative. Six (6) positive staff test results, and six (6) staff recoveries reported.

Women’s Community Correctional Center – 212 inmate test results; 69 positive, 143 negative. Four (4) inmates have recovered.

Oahu Community Correctional Center – 241 inmate test results; 16 positive, 225 negative. Two (2) positive staff test results and four (4) staff recoveries reported.

Kauai Community Correctional Center – 100 inmate results; Five (5) positive, 95 negative. One (1) inmate has recovered. Three (3) staff have also recovered.

Waiawa Correctional Facility – 118 inmate results; (4) positive, 114 negative. Two (2) positive staff test result and two (2) staff recoveries reported.

Maui Community Correctional Center – Eight (8) inmate test results; Four (4) positive, four (4) negative. One (1) positive staff test result and three (3) staff recoveries reported.

Saguaro Correctional Center (Eloy, AZ) – Three (3) positive inmate test results. All inmate movement is suspended as mass testing is currently underway.

COVID-19 updates for other PSD Divisions are as follows:

Sheriff Division – Three (3) positive employee test results.

Administrative Division – Two (2) positive employee test results received.

There are no inmates or staff reported hospitalized. The Department of Public Safety (PSD) continues to encourage all staff and inmates to voluntarily get tested and receive the COVID-19 vaccination. For more detailed inmate testing data, PSD’s Pandemic Plan and information on response efforts made to safeguard the inmates, staff and public, visit the dedicated COVID-19 webpage at: http://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/.

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