New report shows concepts for new OCCC and prison system reforms

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Oahu Community Correctional Center was built in 1916, when the focus of jail was incarceration.

The concepts for a new facility to replace it lean heavily on something it can’t do as much — rehabilitation.

“What have we learned from a hundred years of punishment? It hasn’t stopped crime,” said Kat Brady, coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons…

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