Steven Mario Delgado
Steven Delgado, 56, of Pahoa, died on January 4, 2024, while held at the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center in Hilo. Corrections staff responded to a cell where he and another person needed emergency care, and he was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead after repeated attempts to revive him, including Narcan. Police say the two men were suspected fentanyl overdoses, and an autopsy showed no signs of trauma, with final results pending toxicology. The state's notification of his death gave no cause at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Hawaii County police say he died of a suspected fentanyl overdose, with the final cause pending toxicology results.
Reported by: Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Hawaii County police (outside investigators).
Sources (4)
- Notification of Inmate Death in a Hawai‘i State or Contracted Correctional Facility
- Authorities investigating after Hilo jail inmate dies following suspected fentanyl overdose
- 1-09-24 (Update) Police Arrest and Charge Two Inmates Following Overdose Death at HCCC
- The Mental Health Crisis In Hawaii’s Prisons: ‘The Suicides Keep Coming’