The Hawaii Department of Public Safety reports that Hale Nani work furlough inmate Mark Kahalewai failed to return from a furlough pass to the Hale Nani Reintegration Center. Kahalewai was scheduled to return by 2 p.m. Hawai‘i County Police and State Sheriffs were notified.
Kahalewai is 65 years old, 5’9” tall and weighs 185 lbs. He is bald with a gray goatee or moustache and brown eyes. He is serving time for Assault 1. He faces an added escape charge when found. Kahalewai’s next parole hearing was scheduled for September 7.
If you see him, please call 911.
Kahalewai is a community custody inmate in the work furlough program with pass privileges. Community custody is the lowest classification status. Hale Nani, HCCC’s reintegration program, is a dorm-style building located in Panaʻewa. Hale Nani offers offenders reintegration services and a work release program for sentenced inmates who will be released on the island of Hawai‘i.