Several of the state’s jails and prisons are getting some more much-needed manpower with members of a new graduating class of corrections officers now heading to their first assignments.
Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation honored the 13 graduates of Basic Corrections Recruit Class 25-01 during a commencement ceremony March 21 in the auditorium at the state Capitol in Honolulu.
The new adult corrections officers will begin their careers in facilities throughout the state, with the following number of graduates being assigned to these corrections facilities:
- Kauaiʻi Community Correctional Center; Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi: 3 graduates assigned.
- Hālawa Correctional Facility; ʻAiea, Oʻahu: 2 graduates assigned.
- Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center; Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island: 7 graduates assigned.
- Oʻahu Community Correctional Center; Honolulu: 1 graduate assigned.
“I am proud of all graduates who completed the rigorous training course,” said Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Director Tommy Johnson.
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