Hawaii Senate advances bill requiring cameras in guard control rooms at women’s prison
Published: Feb. 7, 2023 at 8:30 AM HST|Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 8:33 AM HST
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A bill requiring digital cameras in the guard control rooms at the “Women’s Community Correctional Center” has advanced out of a state senate committee.
As Honolulu Civil Beat reports, this comes after two cases in which inmates were abused by correctional officers in those areas.
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There are currently some cameras in the facility.
But a walk-through last August found that about 40% of them were not working and video quality was described as “very poor.”
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