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Hawaii correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Big Island Substance Abuse Center 10 Private 234 Waianuenue Avenue #104 Hilo 96720 Hawaii County 12/30/2005
Federal Detention Center - Honolulu 723 Local 351 Elliott Street Honolulu 96820 3/31/2006
Halawa Correctional Facility 1,195 State 99-902 Moanalua Road Aiea Oahu 96701 Honolulu City And County 12/30/2005
Hawaii Community Correctional Center 284 State 60 Punahele Street Hilo 96720 Hawaii County 12/30/2005
Honolulu FDC 775 Federal 4/1/2010
Kauai Community Correctional Center 147 State 3-5351 Kuhio Hwy Li Hue Kauai 96766 Kauai County 12/30/2005
Kulani Correctional Facility 177 State Hc 01 Stainback Hwy Hilo 96720 Hawaii County 12/30/2005
Maui Community Correctional Center 346 State 600 Waiale Drive Wailuku Maui 96793 Maui County 12/30/2005
Oahu Community Correctional Center 1,103 State 2199 Kamehameha Hwy Honolulu 96819 Honolulu City And County 12/30/2005
T J Mahoney & Associates - Halfway House 104 Private 524 Ka'Aahi Street Honolulu 96817 Honolulu County 12/30/2005
Waiawa Correctional Facility 327 State P.O. Box 1839 Pearl City 96782 Honolulu City And County 12/30/2005
Women's Community Correctional Center 258 State 42-477 Kalanianaole Hwy Kailua 96734 Honolulu City And County 12/30/2005

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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