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Prisons chief wants new tests to gauge guards

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 15, 2013

~~<p>As a state Senate committee plans to look into an escape and a homicide in Hawaii's prison system, Public Safety Director Ted Sakai said Thursday he has a plan to improve training and recruitment screening of corrections officers.</p>
<p>Sakai said the Department of Public Safety wants recruits who are better qualified and to give them rigorous training.</p>
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As a state Senate committee plans to look into an escape and a homicide in Hawaii's prison system, Public Safety Director Ted Sakai said Thursday he has a plan to improve training and recruitment screening of corrections officers.

Sakai said the Department of Public Safety wants recruits who are better qualified and to give them rigorous training. Login for more...



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