Public Safety officials sued for denying inmates’ nuptials

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 16, 2012

~~<p>Four women who want to marry men who are state prison inmates are suing state Public Safety Director Jodie Maesaka-Hirata and two other Public Safety officials for repeatedly denying their fiances’ marriage applications.</p>
<p>The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, claims the state officials are violating the women’s constitutional right to due process by not providing them justifiable reasons for denying the requests to marry.</p>
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Four women who want to marry men who are state prison inmates are suing state Public Safety Director Jodie Maesaka-Hirata and two other Public Safety officials for repeatedly denying their fiances’ marriage applications.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, claims the state officials are violating the women’s constitutional right to due process by not providing them justifiable reasons for denying the requests to marry. Login for more...