State investigating prison after escapes

Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Saturday, August 17, 2002 | Brandon Masuoka

[Vidalia]

Waiawa Correctional Facility has for years struggled to adequately staff some work shifts, but the minimum-security prison had enough guards last Saturday and Tuesday nights when three inmates escaped, the warden said this week.

Some work shifts at the facility have dipped to minimum staffing levels within the last three or four years, and that has curtailed weekend visitations, but it has not jeopardized safety at the facility or contributed to escapes, said Waiawa warden J. Phillip Tumminello.

[Vidalia]

All three men had convictions which included violent crimes.

Come to Paradise and smell the corruption, then listen to "Hey, Bruddah, got any change fo me befo I stick this knife up your okole?"

[gcruse]

There's something funny about breaking jail in Honolulu. It's like getting lost in San Francisco. I mean you're on a peninsula, for chrissake, how can you get lost? Honolulu even more so. Where you gonna go?

[Joe Boucher]

I thought Hawaii was nothing more then a leper colony.

[joesnuffy]

Well at least they didnt try to "tunnel" out...
They coulda sunk the whole island