“We diligently continue our efforts to fill ACO vacancies. This graduating class (BCRC 24-04) reflects those efforts.”
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new batch of Adult Corrections Officers will officially begin their careers after completing eight weeks of hard work.
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held a graduation ceremony at the Mission Memorial Auditorium to celebrate 18 Basic Corrections Recruit Class 24-04 graduates.
After being redesignated from the Department of Public Safety, the DCR has graduated four classes of corrections officers, compressed the recruit training course from 11 weeks to eight weeks and doubled the number of graduating classes.
Recruits completed more than 300 hours of classroom instruction and physical training to cover standards of conduct, crisis intervention, mental health, first aid and more.
Officials said each incoming class receives both Recruit Field Training and Basic Corrections Training.
They then get a taste of their jobs by heading into the facility with guidance from their training sergeants.
As of now, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation needs 380 ACOs out of 1,500 authorized ACO positions. Each graduating class helps to address this staff shortage at facilities in Hawaii.
We diligently continue our efforts to fill ACO vacancies. This graduating class (BCRC 24-04) reflects those efforts.
Tommy Johnson, DCR Director
“The department’s mission is to provide a secure correctional environment for comprehensive rehabilitative, holistic, wraparound re-entry services including culturally based approaches, to persons sentenced to our custody and care. Our goal is to reduce recidivism and generational incarceration and enhance the safety and security of our communities,” the DCR said in a press release.
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Hawaii’s newest corrections officers will begin their careers at the following jails and facilities:
Hālawa Correctional Facility: 3
Kaua‘i Community Correctional Center: 1
Women’s Community Correctional Center: 4
Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center 5
Maui Community Correctional Center: 3
Oʻahu Community Correctional Center: 2
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