Saguaro Release and Transfer Paths
Saguaro Correctional Center is a contracted prison in Eloy, Arizona. CoreCivic operates the institution under a Hawaiʻi contract, while DCR’s Mainland Branch monitors Hawaiʻi custody there. A Maui-linked prisoner may be housed far from the sentencing county. The Arizona location does not shift the governing sentence or parole decision away from Hawaiʻi.
A departure from Saguaro can mean return to Hawaiʻi, transfer to another prison, parole under an approved plan, or sentence discharge. Older DCR reports discuss returning qualified prisoners to Hawaiʻi near a tentative parole or release date. “Tentative” means planning, not an executed release. Air transport to an Oʻahu prison or MCCC changes location while DCR custody continues.
| Saguaro departure | What it means | Primary record |
|---|---|---|
| Return to Hawaiʻi | Interfacility movement may continue custody | DCR Mainland Branch movement record |
| Parole | Community release under HPA supervision | HPA outcome and DCR actual release |
| Transfer elsewhere | Custodian or prison changes | DCR and receiving facility |
| Sentence discharge | Authority ends as the official record states | DCR computation and discharge record |
Confirm a Saguaro Release
Start with Hawaiʻi SAVIN, DCR’s public custody and parole status route. Select Hawaiʻi and search the exact legal name or known identifier. The system follows DCR jurisdiction rather than requiring the person to be physically in Hawaiʻi. Save the agency, location, literal status, and time checked.
A no-result is not proof of release. The name may vary, the interface may not preserve an old episode, or a transfer may not display as expected. Call DCR or the appropriate Mainland Branch route when the location is unclear. If parole is involved, contact the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority for its decision and expected processing status.
- Search the person statewide through Hawaiʻi SAVIN.
- Ask DCR whether Saguaro departure was transfer, return, parole, or discharge.
- Ask HPA for the parole outcome when a hearing occurred.
- Request the executed release and movement records for durable proof.
Saguaro Records and Contact
The Facility Map supplies the Saguaro location as 1250/1252 East Arica Road in Eloy, Arizona, and routes official questions through DCR’s Mainland Branch and current contractor contacts. It does not provide a verified direct phone, public-records line, visiting schedule, or mailing rule. Confirm each on the current official pages.
1250/1252 East Arica Road
Eloy, Arizona
Hawaiʻi custody oversight: DCR Mainland Branch
Current phone and hours: verify through DCR and the contractor
Use DCR for sentence computation, Hawaiʻi release classification, and official movement history. The contractor may confirm facility operations within lawful limits, but it should not be treated as the authority that sets the Hawaiʻi minimum term, grants parole, or changes the sentence. HPA owns parole action.
DCR’s central contact is 1177 Alakea Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, phone 808-587-1288. HPA is at that address on the ground floor and can be reached at 808-587-1300 during posted weekday hours, except holidays and closures. Verify the correct Mainland Branch routing before sending private identifiers.
Request Saguaro Release Records
Use the Hawaiʻi government-record request form and send it to DCR when the question concerns a Hawaiʻi prisoner’s Saguaro departure. OIP oversees UIPA but does not hold DCR’s custody files. Identify the full name, DCR number, Maui case if known, Saguaro dates, and approximate movement or release date.
Ask for the releasable movement record, DCR 8219 when an actual release occurred, release date and time, release type, releasing facility, destination category, supporting authority, and final Offendertrak entry. If the person returned to Hawaiʻi, request the receiving institution and transfer date instead of framing the event as community release.
For sentence timing, request the official computation with the judicial maximum, HPA minimum, qualifying detention credit, concurrent or consecutive treatment, maximum expiration, and meaning of any tentative date. No verified public projected-release field exists in Hawaiʻi SAVIN. An internal tentative parole date should not be promised as a public field or actual release.
Protected identity, victim, medical, sponsor, and security facts can be redacted under HRS chapter 92F. Ask for segregable release or transfer facts. Electronic delivery, a narrow range, and a fee estimate can make the request easier to process. The Maui County release-record workflow explains the state source hierarchy.
Saguaro Parole Date Meaning
HPA sets a minimum term under HRS §706-669. The minimum establishes parole eligibility. It is not a guaranteed flight from Arizona or a gate date. HPA can conduct video or telephone hearings for out-of-state facilities, so a hearing does not require a return to Hawaiʻi first.
Section 706-670 governs the parole-release process near minimum expiration. An approval may still depend on a suitable plan, placement, travel, and other conditions. HPA aggregate reporting separates grants from actual releases. That distinction is especially important at Saguaro because interstate transport may occur between decision and community departure.
- Minimum term
- The HPA-set threshold before parole eligibility.
- Tentative parole date
- An administrative planning date, not proof of release.
- Actual parole release
- The completed DCR departure into HPA supervision.
- Maximum expiration
- A sentence boundary taken from the official computation.
Note: Hawaiʻi has no universal current 85-percent rule, so use the DCR computation instead of applying a generic percentage.
Saguaro Return to Maui
Maui has no state prison. Hawaiʻi’s three prisons are on Oʻahu, while MCCC is the state-run jail and transition center on Maui. A person returning from Saguaro may first enter an Oʻahu prison or MCCC. That move can bring the person closer to an approved county without ending the sentence.
MCCC also houses transitional sentenced felons and parole violators expected to release on Maui. A Saguaro-to-MCCC path can therefore support reintegration or a parole plan. It can also remain ordinary confinement. Ask DCR for the receiving status and later release type.
The county of conviction, contract prison location, return institution, and county of parole supervision can all differ. HPA’s plan framework can approve a county based on ties and support. Do not infer a Maui release simply because the underlying case came from Maui or a flight landed in Hawaiʻi.
This is Research angle L in practice: Hawaiʻi’s entire prison system sits on Oʻahu, yet contracted custody can extend to Arizona before a Maui-linked person returns. Facility movement must remain distinct from release.
Saguaro Court and HPA Evidence
The Maui court judgment supplies the sentence and case identity. Search the Judiciary gateway by case number when possible. The docket may show later orders, but it does not replace the DCR movement log, HPA decision, or actual Saguaro departure record.
HPA must make the prisoner’s name and approved or denied parole-release result public within thirty days under HRS §353-62(b)(2). No convenient person-level results database was found. Request the outcome directly, then compare it with DCR’s actual release entry.
If the person transfers back before a parole hearing or release, preserve both dates. If HPA approves parole while SAVIN still shows custody, ask whether the plan or transport remains pending. If DCR says the person returned to Hawaiʻi, identify the receiving facility before claiming community release.
Saguaro Release Source Conflicts
Several dates can coexist: HPA minimum expiration, hearing, approval, Arizona departure, Hawaiʻi arrival, DCR actual release, SAVIN update, and final discharge. Label each one. A transport date is not a parole date, and a parole grant is not a final discharge.
DCR owns the Hawaiʻi custody and movement record. HPA owns parole action. The court owns the judgment. The contractor can address facility operations, but its answer should be reconciled with DCR when Hawaiʻi status is at issue. Preserve source names, dates, and exact wording.
If an Arizona departure and Hawaiʻi arrival are separated by travel or processing, neither should be reported as community release without DCR’s release category. Ask which institution or authority received the person. A return flight can serve classification, court, medical, transition, or parole preparation while confinement continues.
When a future date is disputed, request DCR’s official computation. The HPA minimum is eligibility, a tentative date is planning, maximum expiration is a sentence boundary, and actual release is a completed facility event. Presentence credit, multiple terms, new charges, or detainers can change the practical sequence. Generic percentage math cannot replace those records.
Confirm the receiving institution before arranging a Maui pickup or treating an Arizona travel date as community arrival.
A sound conclusion may be limited to transfer: “The person left Saguaro and returned to DCR custody in Hawaiʻi.” State parole or discharge only when the official record supports that next event.