Almost every arrest on Oahu starts at an HPD station, and the person is then taken to the main cellblock at police headquarters. From there they either get out or are sent on to OCCC.

• HPD cellblock (Central Receiving Division): 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Call 808-723-3000 to ask about an adult or juvenile who was just arrested.
• Oahu Community Correctional Center: 2199 Kamehameha Highway, Honolulu, HI 96819. Main line 808-832-1777.
• Women: some women in DCR custody are housed at the Women's Community Correctional Center, 42-477 Kalanianaole Highway, Kailua, HI 96734, visit line 808-266-9675.

Under HRS 803-9, police have 48 hours to either release the person or charge them and bring them before a judge. So most people leave the cellblock within two days.

Yes. Someone picked up on Oahu on a warrant from a neighbor island court is often flown back to that island, and crowding can also move people between DCR jails. One VINELink search covers all of them. The other state jails are:

• Hawaii Community Correctional Center, Hilo; call either 808-933-0431 or 808-933-0428
• Maui Community Correctional Center, Wailuku, 808-243-5101
• Kauai Community Correctional Center, Lihue; call either 808-241-3050 or 808-241-3057

VINELink is the official way DCR shares custody facts with the public. There is no other online roster for OCCC.

1. Go to vinelink.vineapps.com/search/HI/Person.
2. Enter the last name, then the first name. A birth date helps with common names.
3. Open the result. Look for "In Custody," the facility name and the offender ID.
4. Click "Register" if you want a free text, email or phone alert when the person is released or moved.

You can also search by phone at 1-877-846-3444 (TTY 1-866-847-1298). VINE does not list people still at the police cellblock or in federal custody.

Yes. DCR's victim notice page points families to the free VINELink app, which shows the same custody results and sends alerts.

• iPhone and iPad: VINELink on the App Store
• Android: VINELink on Google Play

HPD posts a daily adult arrest log as a PDF. Each log lists the name, age, offense, report number and whether the person was released. Logs stay online for 14 days.

Open the HPD Arrest Logs page and pick the date of the arrest. For older logs, write to the HPD Records and Identification Division or call 808-723-3258.

OCCC's own rules say staff will not give out inmate facts or pass along messages by phone, for privacy reasons. Use VINELink first. For a true emergency, like a family death or a safety worry, call 808-832-1777 and ask for the Watch Commander. Do not leave that kind of news on voicemail.

Bail in Hawaii is set under HRS Chapter 804. Here is how it usually goes:

• For some lower charges, police may accept bail at the station, so the person may never reach OCCC.
• If not, the person sees a District Court or Circuit Court judge, who sets bail or release terms. HRS 804-9 says the amount must be reasonable and based on the charge and the person's means.
• The Oahu Intake Service Center (808-832-1497) interviews new detainees and gives the judge a pretrial report, as required since Act 179 of 2019.
• For some serious crimes, HRS 804-3 lets a judge deny bail.

As of 2026, the newest bail change, a bill to make judges state on the record whether a person can pay (HB 1516), did not pass the Senate in May 2026, so the rules above still apply. Read more on our Honolulu County bail page.

Hawaii does not run a public online warrant search. The courts' eBench warrant system is open only to police. To check, a person can:

• Call HPD Records and Identification at 808-723-3258, the unit that answers public warrant questions.
• Call the state Sheriff Division (Department of Law Enforcement) at 808-587-5002, or its Circuit Court desk at 808-539-4599 or District Court desk at 808-538-5696.
• Look up the case on eCourt Kokua, where a bench warrant shows as a docket entry.

A lawyer can often set up a calm self-surrender so the person can see a judge the same day.

• District Court (misdemeanors, first hearings): Kauikeaouli Hale, 1111 Alakea Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-538-5629. Branch courts sit in Pearl City (870 Fourth Street, 808-534-6900), Kaneohe (45-939 Pookela Street, 808-534-6300), Wahiawa (1034 Kilani Avenue, 808-534-6200) and Kapolei for the Waianae Division (4675 Kapolei Parkway, 808-954-8575).
• Circuit Court (felonies, jury trials): First Circuit Court, Kaahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-539-4767.
• Family Court: Ronald T.Y. Moon Kapolei Courthouse, 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, HI 96707, 808-954-8000.

Find hearing dates by name or case number on eCourt Kokua.

When someone is too poor to hire counsel, a judge may assign the state Office of the Public Defender. The Oahu office is at 1130 North Nimitz Highway, Suite A-254, Honolulu, HI 96817, 808-586-2200. Under HRS 803-9, police may not question someone who has asked to see a lawyer or family member until that person has had a fair chance to talk with them.

OCCC visits are set up ahead of time and are behind glass.

• Call the visit hotline at 808-832-1633, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, to book.
• Each visit is 30 minutes, one per inmate each week, with no more than two visitors, children included.
• Bring a photo ID and arrive early for the security check.

Our OCCC visit guide covers dress rules, and our video visit page explains visits on a tablet.

Inmates can call out to landlines and cell phones from an approved number list they fill out at intake. Calls can be collect, prepaid or debit, and all personal calls are recorded except calls to a lawyer, the Ombudsman or the ACLU. Three-way calls get the call cut off and the number blocked. You cannot call in to talk with an inmate.

See how to set up an OCCC phone account, send messages and texts and use inmate tablets.

Each inmate has a facility account that pays for store items, restitution and money at release. The OCCC Business Office takes deposits in person or by mail, and online deposits are also offered through the state's phone and tablet provider. Always include the inmate's full name and state ID.

Details are on our OCCC money page and our commissary page.

Letters go straight to the jail, not to an out-of-state scanning center. Write it like this:

Inmate first and last name, ID number
c/o Oahu Community Correctional Center
2199 Kamehameha Highway
Honolulu, HI 96819-2307

• Put your own name and return address on the envelope, or it will be sent back.
• No stickers, glitter, glue, ink stamps, lipstick marks or drawings on the envelope.
• Do not send books, magazines or food.
• Legal mail must come from the inmate's attorney and show the bar number.

More tips are on our OCCC mail page.

People under 18 go through Family Court, not the adult system. A youth who must be held stays at the Hale Hoomalu Juvenile Detention Facility, 287 Kamokila Boulevard, Kapolei, HI 96707, 808-954-8400. HPD Central Receiving (808-723-3000) can tell a parent where an arrested child was taken. Youth records are not in VINE.

Every DCR jail has a medical unit. Call OCCC at 808-832-1777, ask for the shift Watch Commander, then share the person's name, ID and the health need. You can also reach the DCR Health Care Division at 808-587-1250. Property left at booking can be picked up through the jail; call before you go.

Federal charges in Hawaii go before the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room C-338, Honolulu, HI 96850, 808-541-1300.

1. After a federal arrest, the U.S. Marshals bring the person to a first hearing before a magistrate judge.
2. Within a few days a detention hearing settles release terms or orders custody until trial.
3. People held for trial usually stay at FDC Honolulu, 351 Elliott Street, Honolulu, HI 96819, 808-838-4200.
4. Find them with the BOP Inmate Locator. After sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons picks the prison, and the locator shows the new spot.

1. If ICE believes someone in DCR custody can be deported, it may send Form I-247A, an immigration detainer, to the facility.
2. The detainer asks DCR to hold the person for up to 48 hours past the time they would go free. Those 48 hours run straight through and include weekends and holidays.
3. Hawaii has no state law that orders its jails to honor or refuse these requests, so the federal rule in 8 CFR 287.7 is the main guide.
4. ICE officers from the Honolulu office, 595 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96813 (808-532-2742), pick the person up.
5. On Oahu, ICE detainees are held at FDC Honolulu and may later be flown to the mainland.
6. Search the ICE Detainee Locator with an alien number, or a name plus the birth country.

A sentence longer than one year moves a person into the state prison system. They first pass through intake, where DCR staff classify them by risk and needs, and then move to a prison that fits. Some men serve time at a contract prison on the mainland. VINELink and its app track each move, and you can read about each facility on our Hawaii state prisons page.

No official Oahu search shows booking photos. VINELink lists custody facts with no mugshot, and HPD's arrest logs are text only. Here is what the law says:

• Hawaii's Office of Information Practices ruled in 1994 (Opinion 94-12) and 2003 (Opinion 03-09) that HPD booking photos count as public records under HRS Chapter 92F. Anyone, including the media, can ask HPD for a copy.
• After one year, a mugshot from an arrest with no outcome is kept private unless the case is still being prosecuted or ended in a conviction (HRS Chapter 846).
• A mugshot tied to an expunged arrest stays confidential (HRS 831-3.2).
• ICE mugshots can only be asked for through ICE FOIA.
• Federal booking photos stay private, though the U.S. Marshals Service may release one, for example when someone is on the run.

All of Oahu is policed by the Honolulu Police Department. The City and County of Honolulu had 988,703 residents on July 1, 2025, per the state DBEDT estimate released March 27, 2026. Call the main line at 808-529-3111, or the station for the area:

• Downtown Honolulu substation: 808-723-3310
• Kalihi: 808-723-8207
• Waikiki: 808-723-8562
• Pearl City: 808-723-8800
• Kapolei: 808-723-8400
• Waianae: 808-723-8600
• Wahiawa: 808-723-8700
• Kaneohe: 808-723-8640
• Kailua: 808-723-8838
• Kahuku substation: 808-723-8650
• Arrest news for any station: Central Receiving, 808-723-3000