Articles by Kevin Dayton

Whistleblower Alleges Hawaii Prison Officials Provided False Audit Data

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2021 by Kevin Dayton published in Prison Legal News December, 2021, page 34

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Misrepresentations. Location: Hawaii.

A staffer says false data in a 2018 audit of the Maui jail hid deviations from staffing requirements under the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act.

by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat

State officials submitted data for a federal audit of the Maui jail in 2018 that dramatically understated the number ...

Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer

Loaded on Sept. 1, 2021 by Kevin Dayton published in Prison Legal News September, 2021, page 46

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal. Location: Hawaii.

by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat

A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice of withholding information when prisoners die in custody.

Judge Rowena Somerville on Wednesday cited mental ...