Many Hawaii Inmates Released Without IDs, Hindering Fresh Start

Simoné Nanilei Kamaunu left prison in 2022 with a $500 check and no way to cash it.

She’d lost her social security card before she was locked up, her driving permit had expired and her prison identification card didn’t count for anything outside of the Women’s Community Correctional Center. Without a state ID, she couldn’t open a bank account to deposit the money she had gotten from a nonprofit for completing her GED while incarcerated for a parole violation.

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