Escaped work furlough inmate arrested in Waikiki
Police have arrested a 30-year-old furlough inmate in Waikiki after she was reported missing from the YWCA Fernhurst work furlough home in Makiki.
Kiana Kaauwai, a Women’s Community Correctional Center inmate who is in the extended furlough program, was reported missing from the furlough home just before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety said she was not authorized to leave the site.
Kaauwai is serving time for first-degree burglary.
Police arrested her at or near the Waikiki Beachcomber by Outrigger on Kalakaua Avenue at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree escape.