WCCC Release Paths
Women’s Community Correctional Center is Hawaiʻi’s state prison for women on Oʻahu. A Maui defendant can be confined there because the state has no prison on Maui. The county link may describe the criminal case, prior home, support network, or proposed parole destination. It does not mean the woman is physically held in Maui County.
A WCCC departure may be actual parole, sentence discharge, movement to MCCC, furlough or program placement, hospital release, extradition, or another transfer. Parole is release to the community under HPA supervision. A program placement can also carry DCR conditions. Transfer ends confinement at WCCC but not necessarily custody. The final record must state which path occurred.
| WCCC departure | Meaning | Best source |
|---|---|---|
| Parole approval | HPA authorizes release subject to applicable steps | HPA decision |
| Actual parole release | WCCC departure into community supervision | DCR release record and HPA |
| Return toward Maui | Transfer or transition may continue DCR custody | DCR and MCCC/MISC |
| Final discharge | Supervision or sentence authority ends as recorded | HPA/DCR discharge record |
Confirm a WCCC Release
Start with Hawaiʻi SAVIN, which DCR identifies as the public custody and parole status service. Search under Hawaiʻi using the exact legal name or known identifier. Review the agency and identity details, save the literal status, and note when the search was run. An absent result is not proof of release.
If the result or known history involves parole, contact the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority. Ask for the hearing outcome and distinguish approved, denied, deferred, and actual release. HPA approval can precede physical departure while a release plan, placement, transportation, or another condition is completed.
- Search statewide SAVIN for the woman’s exact name or identifier.
- Ask HPA for the parole-release-hearing outcome when parole applies.
- Ask DCR whether WCCC recorded release, discharge, or transfer.
- Match the Maui court case by number and review the judgment or later order.
WCCC Records and Contact
The research identifies WCCC as a DCR state prison on Oʻahu but does not provide a verified street address, facility phone, or current visitation schedule. Confirm those contact details on the live official DCR facility page before publishing, calling, mailing, or visiting. This avoids using stale facility listings.
State women’s prison on Oʻahu
Operator: Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Current facility contact 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. HPA posts weekday hours from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays and ordered closures. DCR handles custody, release execution, and sentence computation. HPA handles parole decisions, supervision, revocation, and discharge.
When a return to Maui is reported, MCCC and MISC are the local DCR contacts. Ask whether the woman entered MCCC custody, a furlough or transition setting, parole, or another release category. Do not request a private home or sponsor address.
Request WCCC Release Records
Use Hawaiʻi’s government-record request form for an older or disputed WCCC event. Send it to DCR, the record owner, rather than OIP. Give the full name, DCR number if known, WCCC custody period, Maui case number, and a narrow date range.
Request the releasable portions of DCR 8219, actual release date and time, release type, releasing facility, destination category, supporting document, and final Offendertrak status. If the issue is parole, separately ask HPA for the approved or denied result, releasable order, actual release date, and final or full-term discharge date. If the event was a transfer, ask for the receiving facility or authority category.
Release records can contain a date of birth, physical identifiers, photograph, victim details, health information, holds, and private sponsor contact. HRS chapter 92F allows exemptions. Ask DCR to redact protected fields and produce the segregable public status. Electronic delivery and a fee estimate can keep the request manageable.
A sentence-computation request should name the date being sought. Minimum-term expiration, hearing date, tentative parole planning, maximum expiration, approved parole, actual release, and final discharge are different milestones. The Maui County release-record search places each in the statewide process.
WCCC Parole and Discharge
HPA sets the minimum term for an indeterminate felony sentence under HRS §706-669. The minimum is a parole eligibility threshold. It is not a promised WCCC gate date. Section 706-670 governs the release hearing, and denial can lead to a later hearing.
HPA must make the prisoner’s name and approved or denied result public within thirty days after a parole release hearing under HRS §353-62(b)(2). The research found no convenient person-level decisions database. Request the result from HPA. Aggregate reports also separate parole grants from actual releases, confirming that the two events differ.
- Parole
- Community release under HPA custody and conditions.
- Probation
- Court supervision, not an HPA prison-release decision.
- Discharge
- An end status that must be read in its sentence or parole context.
- Transfer
- A move between institutions or authorities while custody continues.
Note: Do not calculate a WCCC date with a general 85-percent formula because Hawaiʻi has no universal current statute of that kind.
WCCC Return to Maui
All three Hawaiʻi state prisons are on Oʻahu. MCCC on Maui is a state community correctional center with pretrial, short-sentence, transition, and parole-violator roles. A woman can move from WCCC to MCCC or a local program while preparing for community return. That movement can remain within DCR authority.
The DCR return-to-island policy shows why geography must not be confused with release. Maui may be the island of commitment or approved support, while the woman remains incarcerated until DCR executes the proper release.
HPA’s parole-plan framework can approve a county based on ties and support. The place of conviction, prison, and supervision can differ. Confirm the approved plan through HPA and the actual departure through DCR. A family report that someone “came back to Maui” is not a substitute for the release category.
WCCC Court Record Match
The Hawaiʻi Judiciary gateway can establish the Maui case, judgment, sentence, and later orders. Use case number and dates to separate people with similar names. A court record can explain the legal sentence but may not show every WCCC move or HPA action.
For physical release, rely on DCR’s executed record. For parole, rely on HPA’s decision and supervision history. For current public status, SAVIN helps but is not a certified historical file. Each source answers a distinct question.
A court order and DCR action can occur on different dates. Holds, pending charges, identity checks, or another authority can affect release processing. Label the signature date, clerk entry, HPA action, DCR execution, and SAVIN notification before calling them inconsistent.
WCCC Release Source Conflicts
If a SAVIN alert says released while family reports continued custody, preserve the alert and ask DCR for the exact release type. Transfer, extradition, hospital release, or another receiving authority may explain the gap. If HPA approved parole while SAVIN still shows custody, ask whether plan and processing conditions remain.
DCR owns the WCCC release timestamp and Offendertrak entry. HPA owns its outcome and discharge. The court clerk owns the judgment and docket. Contact the relevant office when two records purport to show the same event and disagree.
A court order may authorize release in one Maui case while a different charge or detainer keeps custody in force. DCR’s release procedure requires staff to match the person and authority, review criminal numbers, and screen holds and pending charges. Compare the order with the executed WCCC record. A clerk entry alone does not prove the time at which all facility checks were complete.
For a disputed sentence end, request the DCR computation and HPA minimum-term order. Qualifying presentence detention credit under HRS §706-671 can affect minimum and maximum terms for the same crime, while unrelated or consecutive sentences may follow a different structure. Keep eligibility, tentative planning, maximum expiration, actual release, and final discharge as separate labels.
If DCR’s personal record contains an incorrect release date or status, HRS chapter 92F provides a correction route. Identify the disputed entry, supply the supporting court order or release document, and ask DCR for its decision and review procedure. That request differs from seeking a new release file.
A precise record trail protects against a common error: describing departure from WCCC as unconditional freedom. The correct result may be parole under supervision, transfer to Maui, entry into a program, or full discharge. Use the official label.