1. To furnish meaningful work for inmates
2. To produce quality products for Federal, State, City & County, & Non Profit Organizations
3. To be a self-supporting "for profit" Quasi-State Agency
Hawaii Correctional Industries provides work skills for offenders, which increase their employment prospects upon release. Qualified, able-bodied inmates are utilized in the manufacturing or production of goods and services needed for the construction, operation and maintenance of any office, department, institution or agency supported in whole or in part by the state, cities, or counties of Hawaii.
Current programs located at Halawa Correctional Facility include the Department of Public Safety Canteen, which services the Oahu institutions with their inmate stores, a printing plant with products ranging from business cards to instant document reproduction; a sewing / mattress plant currently manufacturing Adult Correctional Officer and other uniforms and mattresses for all Department of Public Safety institutions; a furniture plant specializing in the refurbishing of school furniture, manufacturing of seating systems and assembly and installation of panel systems. There is a furniture plant at Kulani Correctional Facility on the Big Island specializing in the manufacturing, assembly, and installation of panel systems and refurbishing of school furniture; and maintenance labor forces out of the Oahu Community Correctional Center and Hawaii Community Correctional Center.
The canteen is planning to expand operations to the neighbor island institutions. The sewing plant anticipates expanding its institutional products line by adding sheets, pillowcases and inmate boxer shorts, shorts, and uniforms, depending on the Department’s needs and requirements. CI will be looking into expansion of its furniture refurbishing and maintenance labor forces programs to the neighbor islands as well.
Correctional Industries currently has a joint venture with a private sector company on the Big Island, where a workforce of approximately eight inmates at a time is employed to assist with fruit picking or packing. Offenders receive minimum wage up to prevailing wages. 10% of their gross income is paid to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.
