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Hawaii 2015

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The Jail System

Hawaii has four counties and four jail facilities which house pretrial, transitional and very short-term sentence populations.

The Prison System

The Division of Corrections of the Department of Public Safety operates a combined jail-prison system with four prisons and four jails. As of December 31, 2015, the Hawaii prison population was 5,879. The Corrections Division had a budget of approximately $206 million in 2015.

The Community Corrections System

The Adult Probation Divisions under the Hawaii State Judiciary received 6,385 new placements added to the 19,701 cases pending at the start of FY2015. The Hawaii Paroling Authority supervised 1,545 parolees as of June 30, 2015.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
262
Violent Crime Rate
293
Property Crime Rate
3,796
Probationers
1,859
Parolees
137

Populations

Prison Population
5,879
Jail Population
0
Parole Population
1,545
Probation Population
19,701

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
4 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
4

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 43,070
Employee Positions
0
Prison Budget
$206,000,000