Hawaii Inmate Search

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety oversees the inmates in the following jails and prisons throughout the state of Hawaii:

• Hawaii Community Correctional Center
• Kauai Community Correctional Center
• Maui Community Correctional Center
• Oahu Community Correctional Center
• Halawa Correctional Facility
• Waiawa Correctional Facility
• Kulani Correctional Facility
• Women’s Community Correctional Center.

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety uses VINELink to locate inmates. VINELink is the America’s Victim Notification Network. You can look up inmates and even get alerts (text messages, emails, and phone calls) as they go through the court system.

Unlike the state of Hawaii, the city and county jails keep their own records of inmates separate from the states. You will have to contact them, if you are looking for an inmate in one of those jails.

When an offender is housed in a state prison, they are the property of the Department of Corrections Division. As stated above every state’s Department of Corrections Division has their own jail roster or database that the general public may use.

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety database can be found on the official VINELink website. You will need to select the state of Hawaii. You will then want to select that you are searching for an offender or a defendant.

You can search the database by using the following pieces of information:

• ID Number
• Case Number
• Name

For an accurate search, it is best to put in the offenders full first and last name. You can do partial if you are not sure of the spelling, but keep in mind that may bring up more offenders that you will need to weed through.

When you do a successful Hawaii inmate search, you will all offenders that fit your criteria. You will see the following information:

• Inmate Name
• Age
• Gender
• Race

You can click on this information and it will bring up the following information:

• Ethnicity
• ID Number
• Custody Status Date
• Custody Status
• Custody Detail
• Reporting Agency

Here you will be permitted to set up notifications. These notifications can come through mail, phone calls, and text messages. Whenever an update is made to this chart, you will be notified. The inmate will not know that you are subscribed to these alerts and will NEVER be permitted to have these details either.