Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- HYCF
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Description area
Dates of existence
1864-present
History
Chronology:
December 30, 1864 Authority to establish and operate Industrial and Reformatory Schools given to the Board of Education.
March 1865 The first Industrial and Reformatory School is established by Board of Education at Keoneula, Kapalama, Oahu, for boys and girls.
1870 The girls’ department of the Industrial and Reformatory School is discontinued.
1900 Management of the Industrial and Reformatory School is transferred from the Board of Education to the Superintendent of Education.
May 1903 The [boys’] Industrial and Reformatory School is moved to Waialee, Waialua, Oahu.
1904 An Industrial and Reformatory School for girls is established at the old Keoneula site.
1913 The girls’ Industrial and Reformatory School is relocated to Moiliili;
January 1, 1916 Management of the Industrial and Reformatory Schools is transferred from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Board of Industrial Schools.
1929 The girls’ Industrial and Reformatory School is relocated to a new facility in Maunawili, Koolaupoko, Oahu.
May 1, 1929 The two schools are formally named the “Waialee Training School for Boys” and the “Maunawili Training School for Girls.”
July 1, 1931 The Maunawili Training School for Girls is renamed the “Kawailoa Training School for Girls.”
July 1, 1939 The Board of Industrial Schools is abolished and the training schools are incorporated into the new Department of Institutions.
September 15, 1950 The boys’ training school is relocated from Waialee to Kawailoa.
1951 Management of academic programs at the training schools is assigned to the Department of Public Instruction. The girls’ program is called “Olomana School.”
May 10, 1951 The boys’ school is named the “Koolau Boys’ Home” and the Kawailoa Training School for Girls is renamed the “Kawailoa Girls’ Home.”
May 28, 1951 The two schools are consolidated into a new Division of Training Schools within the Department of Institutions.
April 2, 1952 An additional boys’ facility is opened on the Big Island and named the “Mauna Loa Forestry Camp.”
September 1953 The academic programs conducted by the Department of Public Instruction are combined into a single co-educational program at Olomana School.
September 30, 1953 The Mauna Loa Forestry Camp is closed.
October 5, 1953 A new boys’ facility, the Molokai Forestry Camp, is opened.
June 5, 1957 The name “industrial and reformatory schools” is replaced in statute by the name “training schools.”
January 19, 1960 As a part of the reorganization of government concurrent with statehood, the Department of Institutions is abolished and the training schools are transferred into the Corrections Division of the new Department of Social Services.
May 17, 1963 The training schools are renamed the “Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility.”
January 31, 1967 The Molokai Forestry Camp is closed.
July 19, 1970 The Department of Social Services is renamed the “Department of Social Services and Housing.”
July 1, 1987 The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility is transferred from the Department of Social Services and Housing to the newly-created Department of Corrections.
July 1, 1987 The Department of Social Services and Housing is renamed “Department of Human Services.”
June 7, 1989 The Department of Corrections is disestablished and the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility is transferred to the newly created Department of Public Safety.
July 1, 1991 The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility is transferred from the Department of Public Safety to the newly-created Office of Youth Services, which is attached for administrative purposes to the Department of Human Services.
Places
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Functions, occupations and activities
To provide for the care, security, punishment and redirection of children committed to terms of incarceration by the courts of the State. Includes coordinating with other agencies such as the Department of Education to facilitate operations and provide appropriate programs and services to wards [inmates].
Mandates/sources of authority
The Organic Act, Sec. 76.
Revised Laws of Hawaii: Chapter 30 (1925); Chapter 132 (1935); Chapter 67 (1945); Chapter 80 (1955).
Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 346 (1985); Chapter 352 (1976, 1985, 1993); §26-14 (1985, 1990 Supp).
Session Laws of Hawaii: An Act Authorizing the Board of Education to Establish an Industrial and Reformatory School . . . , approved December 30, 1864, SLH, 1864; Act 41, SLH 1870; Act 81, SLH 1915; Act 186, SLH 1929; Act 108, SLH 1931; Act 203, SLH 1939; Acts 54 and 212, SLH 1951; Act 299, SLH 1957; Act 1, 2nd Spl SLH 1959; Act 41, SLH 1963; Act 105, SLH 1970; Act 303, SLH 1980; Act 156, SLH 1985; Acts 338 and 339, SLH 1987; Acts 211 and 375, SLH 1989; Act 114, SLH 1991.
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Prepared 2003-04-04 by Allen H. Hoof.
Language(s)
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Sources
The Organic Act, Sec. 76.
Revised Laws of Hawaii: Chapter 30 (1925); Chapter 132 (1935); Chapter 67 (1945); Chapter 80 (1955).
Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 346 (1985); Chapter 352 (1976, 1985, 1993); §26-14 (1985, 1990 Supp).
Session Laws of Hawaii: An Act Authorizing the Board of Education to Establish an Industrial and Reformatory School . . . , approved December 30, 1864, SLH, 1864; Act 41, SLH 1870; Act 81, SLH 1915; Act 186, SLH 1929; Act 108, SLH 1931; Act 203, SLH 1939; Acts 54 and 212, SLH 1951; Act 299, SLH 1957; Act 1, 2nd Spl SLH 1959; Act 41, SLH 1963; Act 105, SLH 1970; Act 303, SLH 1980; Act 156, SLH 1985; Acts 338 and 339, SLH 1987; Acts 211 and 375, SLH 1989; Act 114, SLH 1991.
Library Collection:
Governor, Report of the Governor of Hawaii to the Secretary of the Interior. Call No. J 87 .H31 [1909-1959]
Legislative Reference Bureau, Guide to Government in Hawaii. Call No. JK 9330 .H38 [1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1993];
Department of Human Services [Department of Social Services, Department of Social Services and Housing], Annual Report. Call No. HV 85 .H38 [1961-1993].
Department of Institutions, Annual Report. Call No. HV 85 .H352 [1940-1959].
Department of Public Instruction [Board of Education]. Report of the Minister of Public Instruction to the Hawaiian Legislature; Report of the President of the Board of Education to the Legislative Assembly; Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii [title varies]. Call No. L 777 .B11 [1868, 1897, 1912, 1965].
Government Records Collection:
Record of the Lieutenant Governor:
Series 266, Gubernatorial Executive Orders Dealing with Subjects other than Land, 266 volume 2, p. 66, Executive Order No. 9, January 19, 1960, Organization of the Department of Social Services.
Series 292, Organization Charts and Functional Statements: 2001, Department of Human Services.
Records in the collection.
Maintenance notes
2021-04-26, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.