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OCCC Is A 21st-Century Poorhouse And Asylum. We Must Do Better

OCCC Is A 21st-Century Poorhouse And Asylum. We Must Do Better

The misuse of our jail is rampant. It doesn’t have to be that way.The Oahu Community Correctional Center, better known as “O Triple C,” is a grim place. From the street you can see foreboding gray guard towers and long spirals of concertina wire sitting atop the jail’s chain-link fence, but these only hint at what’s inside.Once you enter OCCC and the doors slam shut, you are in a different world. The buildings are old, the air is stale and the atmosphere is tense, particularly in the noisy and overcrowded module that inmates call “The Thunderdome” in a nod to the post-apocalyptic arena in...

September 20, 2020
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