Waiawa Release and Transfer Paths
Waiawa Correctional Facility is a minimum-security DCR state prison on Oʻahu. A Maui-linked prisoner may be placed there during a sentenced felony term and may move through transition before parole or discharge. The minimum-security label describes custody level. It is not a release status, a guaranteed parole result, or proof that the sentence is near its end.
A departure can be an actual parole release, maximum-term discharge, transfer to MCCC or another prison, furlough or program movement, hospital placement, or another legal transfer. Parole puts the person in the community under HPA custody and conditions. A transfer keeps institutional or agency custody in force. Final discharge has to be supported by the exact DCR or HPA record.
| Waiawa status | What it establishes | What remains to check |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum security | Current classification and placement | Parole eligibility and actual release |
| Approved parole | HPA decision | Plan completion and DCR departure |
| Moved to MCCC | Inter-island transition under DCR | Later community release type |
| Discharged | An ending status as labeled | Whether HPA supervision also ended |
Verify a Waiawa Release
Open Hawaiʻi SAVIN and follow the VINELink search. Choose Hawaiʻi, use the exact legal name or known identifier, and compare the agency and available identity facts. Record the literal custody or parole status and the time checked. DCR describes the service as a custody and parole information route, not as a permanent offender profile.
For parole, contact the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority. Ask whether the named parole release request was approved or denied, whether action was deferred, and whether an actual release date is available. A grant can come before physical release because the plan, placement, travel, or other conditions may remain incomplete.
- Search statewide SAVIN without restricting the inquiry to Maui.
- Ask HPA for the hearing outcome and distinguish it from actual release.
- Ask DCR for the Waiawa release or transfer record.
- Use the Maui court judgment to verify the sentence and person.
Waiawa Records and Contact
The research identifies Waiawa’s operator and function but does not provide a verified facility street address, direct public phone, or visitor schedule. Use DCR’s current official facility page for those details. State current-site verification rather than publishing an unsupported contact.
Minimum-security state prison on Oʻahu
Operator: Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Current address, phone, and hours: verify through DCR
DCR’s department contact is 1177 Alakea Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, phone 808-587-1288. HPA’s main phone is 808-587-1300, with posted hours from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, except holidays and ordered closures. The two offices answer different questions. DCR owns custody and computation records. HPA owns parole hearings, supervision, and discharge.
If DCR reports a move to Maui, call MCCC or MISC to learn whether the person entered local custody or a transition track. Do not ask for private sponsor contact. Ask for the public category and the record showing whether DCR authority continued.
Waiawa Release Record Request
When a public search does not explain the outcome, submit a narrow UIPA request using the OIP request form. Send it to DCR, not OIP. Identify the full name, DCR number, Maui case if known, Waiawa custody dates, and approximate departure date.
Ask for the releasable portions of DCR 8219, the actual date and time of release, the precise release type, releasing facility, destination category, supporting authority, and the final Offendertrak status entry. If the person moved instead of leaving custody, ask for the receiving facility or agency category. For parole, request HPA’s approved or denied outcome, releasable order, actual parole release, and final discharge date.
Request the sentence computation if a predicted date is disputed. It should identify the judicial maximum, HPA minimum, qualifying presentence detention credit, concurrent or consecutive treatment, maximum expiration, and the meaning of any tentative date. Hawaiʻi SAVIN has no verified public projected-release-date field, so do not borrow one from another state.
UIPA permits exemptions for private and protected material. Ask DCR to redact exempt identifiers, victim data, medical details, and sponsor contacts rather than withholding segregable release facts. The Maui County release-record workflow covers the same distinction across local and state facilities.
Waiawa Parole Eligibility Dates
Hawaiʻi’s felony system uses an HPA-set minimum term. Under HRS §706-669, the minimum-term hearing follows commitment. The minimum establishes eligibility for parole, not a firm gate date. Section 706-670 governs the later parole hearing and permits denial under stated conditions.
There is no general current Hawaiʻi law that lets a reader multiply every sentence by 85 percent. A past bill proposed such a rule but did not become current law. Presentence detention credit under §706-671, multiple terms, mandatory provisions, misconduct, new charges, detainers, and plan approval can affect the practical timeline.
- Eligibility date
- The point at which parole may be considered under the HPA minimum.
- Tentative date
- A planning label that is not proof of release.
- Actual release
- The completed facility event after authority and holds are checked.
- Maximum expiration
- A sentence boundary that must come from the official computation.
Note: Request the labeled computation from DCR’s Offender Management Office instead of doing sentence math from a docket summary.
Waiawa Return to Maui
A Maui-linked person can be confined on Oʻahu because Hawaiʻi has no state prison on Maui. MCCC is a state-run community correctional center that also works with transitional felons and parole violators expected to release on Maui. A Waiawa-to-MCCC transfer may support island return or release preparation, but DCR custody can continue.
DCR’s return-to-island policy supplies the right frame. Movement among institutions is not sentence discharge. The custody location, sentencing county, family home, and approved parole county may differ.
Check the receiving MCCC record after a return. If the person enters a furlough or sponsor program, ask whether DCR authority remains. If the person enters parole, compare HPA approval with the actual DCR release. A low-custody or community-facing placement should never be shortened to “free.”
Waiawa Court and HPA Evidence
The Maui court judgment supplies the sentence and offense case. It may show later orders, but it will not always show the current prison, every HPA action, or the exact DCR departure time. Search the Judiciary gateway by case number where possible.
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 name-based decisions database was found. Request the result directly. “Deferred” or “continued” action is not approval, and approval is not the same as actual release.
DCR’s executed release entry closes the physical-custody question. SAVIN can alert on status changes, but DCR warns users not to rely on it alone. Use the court for legal history, HPA for parole, and DCR for custody execution.
Resolve Waiawa Status Conflicts
A hearing date, parole approval date, transfer date, actual release time, SAVIN alert, and final discharge can all be correct. Label each. The records are only inconsistent if they claim to describe the same event and still disagree.
Ask DCR about Waiawa movement and Offendertrak. Ask HPA about its decision and supervision record. Ask the court clerk about the judgment or order. Preserve the source, date, name spelling, and correction response. Phone confirmation helps with the present, while written records support a lasting conclusion.
When the date is the source of the conflict, request the labeled sentence computation. DCR’s Offender Management Office can distinguish the judicial maximum, HPA minimum, qualifying presentence detention credit, maximum expiration, and any tentative planning date. Multiple cases, consecutive terms, a later order, misconduct, or a new hold can affect the practical timeline. A calculation based only on the sentence headline cannot resolve those factors.
A SAVIN update can also trail a DCR event. Preserve the alert or result, but ask Waiawa or DCR for the final custody-status entry when exact timing matters. If a court order appears first, confirm that identity, release authority, detainers, and pending charges were cleared before physical departure. Each source should retain its own event label.
A written correction request is the better route when DCR’s personal record contains the wrong status or date. HRS chapter 92F provides personal-record access and correction procedures. Identify the disputed entry, provide the supporting court or release document, and ask DCR to state its decision.
The key distinction is simple: Waiawa placement and minimum security describe where and how a person is held; parole or discharge records describe how state authority changes. A Maui return can sit between those stages.