Lack Of Working Video Cameras At Hawaii Prisons Complicates Abuse Investigations…The Women’s Community Correctional Center has a long history of allegations of sexual misconduct, and broken cameras make it harder to prove cases.
More than 40% of the video cameras at the women’s prison in Kailua apparently aren’t working, a problem that makes it far more difficult to investigate and prosecute allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct at the facility, according to an official who did a walk-through inspection of the prison last month.
That lack of working cameras at the women’s prison is “a huge, huge red flag,” according to Christin Johnson, oversight coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional Systems Oversight Commission.
Johnson also noted there are no cameras at all at Waiawa Correctional Facility for men, which Johnson described as “a little shocking” because the lack of video makes it more difficult to investigate drug use, smuggling of contraband or other incidents, including allegations of sexual assault.
