Mark Kawakami

Mark Kawakami died on April 8, 2026, at Select Specialty Hospital in Tucson, AZ, while in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department's report to the governor gives an age range of 60 to 70. The report gives the cause of death, as first reported by emergency services or the hospital, as: Natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

News report

• Notification of Inmate Death in a Hawai‘i State or Contracted Correctional Facility Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Notification of Inmate Death