Governor Josh Green, M.D.

**Media: Here’s the link for B-roll and interviews for today’s BCRC Graduation.

 

 DCR graduation B-roll 2024-03-15

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION

KA ‘OIHANA HOʻOMALU KALAIMA A HOʻOPONOPONO OLA

 

 

JOSH GREEN, M.D.

GOVERNOR

KE KIAʻĀINA

 

 

TOMMY JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

KA LUNA HO‘OKELE

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 15, 2024

 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Welcomes its First Graduating Class of Corrections Officers

 

HONOLULU — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) today welcomed its first new class of adult corrections officers at a graduation ceremony at the Mission Memorial Auditorium. Thirty graduates from Basic Corrections Recruit Class (BCRC) 24-01 completed training and will begin their careers as Adult Corrections Officers in facilities across the state. The department was redesignated as the DCR from the Department of Public Safety (PSD), effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Director Tommy Johnson said, “This initial Basic Corrections Recruit Class graduation for DCR represents a new generation of Corrections Officers and hopefully, future leaders of the department. I am both honored and very humbled to lead the DCR forward with such an outstanding group of employees, as we complete the required paradigm shift needed to reshape our unified correctional system for better outcomes and safer communities.”

The BCRC is an eight-week training course that includes more than 300 hours of classroom instruction and physical training. Recruits learn a variety of subjects that include standards of conduct, ethics and professionalism, report writing, interpersonal communications, maintaining security, crisis intervention, security threat groups (gangs), mental health, first aid, use of firearms, and self-defense tactics.

Deputy Director for Correctional Institutions Pamela Sturz said, “Being a corrections officer is a noble profession which provides an awesome opportunity to make a positive impact on another person’s life trajectory. The people in our custody and care deserve opportunities to change and better themselves, which in turn improves their family unit and our community.”

The Department’s mission is to provide a secure correctional environment for comprehensive rehabilitative, holistic, wraparound re-entry services including culturally based approaches, to persons sentenced to our custody and care. Our goal is to reduce recidivism and generational incarceration and enhance the safety and security of our communities.

All incoming classes receive Recruit Field Training along with Basic Corrections Training. During the final weeks of training, they go into the facility and begin their job with guidance from their training sergeants.

The 30 graduates have been assigned to the following jail and prison facilities:

 

Hālawa Correctional Facility: 5
Kūlani Correctional Facility 2

Women’s Community Correctional Center 9
Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center 4
Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center 1 

Maui Community Correctional Center 4
Oʻahu Community Correctional Center 5

 

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Media Contact:

Rosemarie Bernardo

Public Information Officer

Hawai‘i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Office: 808-587-1358

Cell: 808-683-5507

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://dcr.hawaii.gov