Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 8, 2022 · Maui Community Correctional Center, Maui County, Hawaii

A man in his 30s, whose name was not released, died at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Hawaii on June 8, 2022. According to jail staff who spoke on condition of anonymity, he hanged himself in his cell. The Department of Public Safety did not announce a cause of death, and Maui Police and internal and law enforcement investigations were pending when the report was published. No account of the events leading to his death, or of his family, has been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Anonymous jail staff told reporters he hanged himself, while the Department of Public Safety gave no cause of death.

Reported by: jail staff who spoke on condition they not be identified. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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