Destiny Brown
Destiny Brown, a 44-year-old Native Hawaiian woman from Molokai, died on October 17, 2022, while held at the Maui Community Correctional Center. The Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission's coordinator, Christin Johnson, said she was a native Hawaiian and pointed to the overrepresentation of Native Hawaiians in Hawaii's jails and prisons. The Department of Public Safety said the death appears to be a suicide, but the official cause will be determined by an autopsy and investigations that are still pending. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists her death in its public notification of deaths in custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Officials say the death appears to be a suicide, with the official cause to be determined by autopsy.
Reported by: Department of Public Safety (the agency that held her); Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator Christin Johnson.