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Pu‘uhonua: Incarcerated Education

Pu‘uhonua: Places of Sanctuary

The Pu‘uhonua Program serves incarcerated people and opportunity youth through credit-bearing college coursework at Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility, Halawa Correctional Facility, Olomana School, and Women’s Community Correctional Center. The program actively engages students through rigorous coursework, skill building, and proactive counseling and support services.

Pu‘uhonua is a high performing program

Program has grown from five students (2015-16) to 119 students (2021-22).
Students have averaged a 3.5 GPA for the past 5 years (2017-18 to 2021-22).

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