We need Smart Justice, not a new half-a-billion dollar jail
Instead of committing Hawaiʻi to a future of continued mass incarceration, we can invest back into our communities and restore people who do harm to being functioning members of society. Doing so will make us all safer and healthier.
More than half of Hawaiʻi’s jailed population has not been found guilty of a crime
And the primary reason is because most jailed people cannot afford to post bail.