Criminal Injustice for Native Hawaiians

Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Sad, troubling, sobering.

That's how Clyde Namuo, CEO of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, describes the conclusions of a new report on Native Hawaiians in Hawaii's criminal justice system.

"It shows what many of us have feared was happening — that the justice system was treating Native Hawaiians in a disparaging way," Namuo said at a press conference Tuesday. "They are more likely to be sent to prison and for longer periods of time than nearly every other racial or ethnic community in Hawaii."

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