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PSD News Release: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COVID-19 UPDATE

Posted on Oct 1, 2021 in Latest Department News, Newsroom

HONOLULU – The PSD Administrative Division reports one (1) admin employee has confirmed a positive test result.

COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted in the state prisons and jails as well as in the contracted Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ. The latest testing updates received for other correctional facilities are as follows:

Hawaii Community Correctional Center – 71 inmate test results: 12 positive, 59 negative.

Oahu Community Correctional Center – 21 negative inmate test results. One (1) employee was medically cleared of active COVID.

Women’s Community Correctional Center – Eight (8) negative inmate test results.

Kauai Community Correctional Center – Three (3) negative inmate test results.

The Department of Public Safety (PSD) continues to encourage all staff and inmates to voluntarily get tested and receive the COVID-19 vaccination. For more detailed inmate testing data, PSD’s Pandemic Plan and information on response efforts made to safeguard the inmates, staff and public, visit the dedicated COVID-19 webpage at: https://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/.

Toni Schwartz
Public Information Officer
Hawaii Department of Public Safety
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