What Counts as a Hawaii Detention Facility
| Facility Type | Examples in the Directory | Primary Search or Contact Route |
|---|---|---|
| DCR community correctional center | HCCC, KCCC, MCCC, OCCC | Hawaii SAVIN/VINELink and the DCR facility page. |
| DCR prison or reentry facility | Halawa, Waiawa, Kulani, WCCC, Hale Nani, Laumaka | Hawaii SAVIN/VINELink, DCR facility information, and local page context. |
| Police holding or receiving desk | Hilo, Kona, Kauai Police Cell Block, Maui Receiving Desk | Local police booking, cellblock, or records routes documented in research. |
| Federal or immigration detention | Federal Detention Center Honolulu | BOP inmate locator, BOP facility page, ICE facility profile, or ICE locator. |
| Mainland DCR placement | Saguaro Correctional Center | DCR institutional listing and Hawaii SAVIN/VINELink for DCR custody status. |
Covered Facility Rows
Covered rows are not endorsements that a public page is live today. They are placeholder links to the county subdomain facility pages that the apex directory is meant to route toward once domains are assigned. The placeholder must remain visible and consistent: hawaiiinmatepopulation.us. That lets every facility link be updated later without changing the directory structure or inventing real domains during the build.
The Waiawa Correctional Facility page documents the minimum-security prison and reentry-programming role behind one covered Honolulu County row.
Waiawa's row is listed as a state prison rather than a jail because the official facility description supports that distinction.
The Women's Community Correctional Center page documents the statewide female-custody facility listed under Honolulu County in the directory.
WCCC is physically listed in Honolulu County routing, but its custody role is statewide and includes pretrial and sentenced women according to the research.
Uncovered Rows Stay Basic
The uncovered rule matters most for police holding points and off-island placement. Hawaii County research supports Hilo and Kona cellblock custody-confirmation paths through official HPD inmate information and booking-log pages, but no dedicated built facility page was identified. Saguaro is listed by DCR as a mainland facility housing Hawaii inmates, but it is physically in Arizona and has no Hawaii county subdomain facility page. Those rows stay in the statewide directory because they answer real search needs, but they do not receive invented facility links.
Kalawao also requires restraint. The locality appears in the county directory, but the research found no conventional Kalawao jail, jail roster, booking log, or county corrections department. The statewide facility table therefore does not include a Kalawao jail. Kalawao-related custody questions should be routed through the supported DCR/SAVIN, MCCC context, Hawaii Judiciary, BOP, and ICE paths as appropriate.
For Hawaii County, the same uncovered approach keeps Hilo and Kona cellblock rows narrow. HPD inmate-information and booking-log sources support custody-confirmation and recent-arrest context, but the statewide research did not identify dedicated built facility pages for those cellblocks. For Saguaro, the limitation is geography rather than source strength: DCR lists the Arizona facility as a mainland Hawaii-inmate placement, but it is not a Hawaii county facility. The directory includes it because the DCR population and institutional structure require it, while withholding a county subdomain link because the locality rule does not apply.
The BOP inmate locator is the federal search source used with Federal Detention Center Honolulu and other federal custody questions.
BOP is separated from DCR in the table because federal custody is not confirmed through Hawaii SAVIN or county police records.
The ICE profile for Federal Detention Center Honolulu provides the immigration-detention context for Hawaii's federal detention site.
ICE appears as a separate custody channel because immigration detention uses different locator, bond, and case processes from DCR jail or prison custody.
Statewide Hawaii Facility Directory
The table is alphabetized by facility name and de-duplicated statewide. Covered rows link to county subdomain facility pages with the required placeholder. Uncovered rows show only the official basic information supported by the research.
| Facility | Locality | Type | Reported Population / Capacity | Directory Link / Official Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Detention Center, Honolulu | Honolulu County | Federal detention center; ICE detention facility | N/A capacity | View facility → |
| Halawa Correctional Facility | Honolulu County | State prison | 992 capacity | View facility → |
| Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Reentry Center | Hawaii County | DCR reintegration/work-release annex tied to HCCC | 100 capacity | View facility → |
| Hawaii Community Correctional Center | Hawaii County | State-run community correctional center / jail | 226 capacity | View facility → |
| Hilo Cellblock / East Hawaii arrested-adult custody confirmation | Hawaii County | Police cellblock / short-term holding access point | — | Uncovered. Official info: HPD inmate information and HPD booking logs. |
| Kauai Community Correctional Center | Kauai County | State-run community correctional center / jail | 128 beds | View facility → |
| Kauai Police Department Cell Block | Kauai County | Police cellblock / temporary holding | — | View facility → |
| Kona Cellblock / West Hawaii arrested-adult custody confirmation | Hawaii County | Police cellblock / short-term holding access point | — | Uncovered. Official info: HPD inmate information and HPD booking logs. |
| Kulani Correctional Facility | Hawaii County | State prison | 200 capacity | View facility → |
| Laumaka Work Furlough Center | Honolulu County | Work furlough / community custody center managed by OCCC | 212 beds | View facility → |
| Maui Community Correctional Center | Maui County | State-run community correctional center / jail | 209 capacity | View facility → |
| Maui Police Department Receiving Desk / Wailuku Police Station | Maui County | Police receiving desk / temporary holding / central booking | — | View facility → |
| Oahu Community Correctional Center | Honolulu County | State-run community correctional center / jail | 954 capacity | View facility → |
| Saguaro Correctional Center | Mainland placement for Hawaii DCR inmates | Mainland contracted prison facility | — | Uncovered. Official info: DCR Correctional Institutions Division and DCR/SAVIN search through VINELink Hawaii. |
| Waiawa Correctional Facility | Honolulu County | State prison | 334 capacity | View facility → |
| Women's Community Correctional Center | Honolulu County | State prison; female custody including pretrial and sentenced women | 260 capacity | View facility → |