Before Your First Visit to Halawa Correctional Facility: A Practical Checklist
Your first visit to Halawa goes smoother when you know two things: visits happen weekends only, and the facility rotates which housing module can visit each day. Use this checklist to avoid getting turned away and make the most of your time.
Halawa Correctional Facility holds visitation on weekends only - Saturday and Sunday. No weekday visits, period. That puts all the pressure on making your weekend trip count. Here's the catch: only one housing module holds visits on any given day. Show up on the wrong day for your loved one's module, and you'll miss the visit - even if you did everything else right. Checking the module schedule before you leave is the single biggest time-saver.
Before you travel, confirm you're on the inmate's approved visitor list. Halawa requires every visitor to be pre-approved - show up without approval, and you'll be turned away even if you arrive on the right day at the right time. Not sure if you're approved? Don't guess. Check your status through the same process your loved one used to add visitors, and only plan the trip once you know you're cleared.
Need to set up an account for deposits to an inmate trust fund? Friends and family can create a ConnectNetwork account by calling 1-877-650-4249 or signing up online. Just remember: you must be an approved visitor first, so get that squared away before anything else.
On visit day, call (808) 485-5298 after 6:30 a.m. to confirm visitation is happening as scheduled. Worth the two minutes - especially if you're driving a long distance or rearranging your whole weekend to make it work.
Aiming for the first half of visiting? The cutoff is strict: anyone who tries to check in after 9:00 a.m. gets denied. Build your morning around being checked in before that time - not pulling into the parking lot at 9:00.
Planning for the second half? Same deal: check in after 1:00 p.m. and you're denied entry. Treat 1:00 p.m. as your hard deadline for being through the door, not arriving at it.
Practical Previsit
- ✓ Confirm you’re on the inmate’s approved visitor list before you make plans to travel.
- ✓ Verify that your loved one’s housing module is the one holding visits on the day you want to go (only one module visits per visit day).
- ✓ On visit day, call (808) 485-5298 after 6:30 a.m. to confirm visitation will be held as scheduled.
- ✓ If you’re going for the first half, plan to check in before 9:00 a.m. (after 9:00 a.m., entry is denied).
- ✓ If you’re going for the second half, plan to check in before 1:00 p.m. (after 1:00 p.m., entry is denied).
- ✓ Keep your visiting party within the limit: one adult and one child maximum.
If ConnectNetwork is part of your prep, handle it before visit weekend - not during. Call 1-877-650-4249 or sign up online. You'll need to be an approved visitor to use the service.
- Call to confirm if needed - On the morning of your visit, call (808) 485-5298 after 6:30 a.m. to confirm visitation will be held as scheduled.
- Time your arrival around the cutoff - For the first half, anyone attempting to check in after 9:00 a.m. will be denied entry; for the second half, anyone attempting to check in after 1:00 p.m. will be denied entry.
- Reset and reschedule if you’re turned away - If you miss the cutoff or arrive on a day your loved one’s module isn’t visiting, you’ll need to plan for a different visit day based on the module rotation.
Note: Each visit lasts 30 minutes, and staff sanitize the stalls between groups. Know what you want to cover so the time doesn't slip away.
Halawa limits each visit to one adult and one child per inmate. Show up with a bigger group, and you risk getting turned away. Decide in advance who's going and keep it within the limit.
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