Hale Paahao Prison - Lahaina, HI - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

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HALE PAAHAO

This prison was built in 1852 during
the reign of King Kamehameha III to
lock up rowdy sailors who failed to
return to their ships at sundown,
as well as unruly natives. The
surrounding coral wall was built
in 1854. The guard house and cells
were completely rebuilt in 1959.


Commission on Historical Sites.

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Hale Paahao Prison Museum

On July 11, 1851, “an Act relating to prisons, their government, and discipline” was passed by the HawaiiHale Paahao - Prison Legislature and approved by the King. It authorized a new jail for Lahaina which was to be constructed to “keep entirely separate from each other the male and female prisoners, and to have a yard enclosed by fences of sufficient height and strength to prevent escapes and also to prevent all access to, or communication by persons outside with any persons confined therein.

”This new prison was to replace the one inside the coral-block fort on Lahaina’s waterfront. The Fort had been built in the early 1830’s. It was used mostly as a prison until the 1850’s when it was torn down to supply stones for the new prison.

Hale Paahao - PrisonDuring the 1930’s the County of Maui sponsored reconstruction of the cell buildings and stockade by the Works Progress Administration. In 1957 the cell buildings burned down, where upon the Hawaii Legislature appropriated funds to reconstruct the wooden prison buildings. The prison was reopened to the public in 1959 with no supervision other than a part-time yardman.

In 1985, an agreement was signed between the LRF and the County of Maui wherein LRF would continue, at its own expense, to maintain the prison free of all deterioration and all rents or fees would be held in trust restricted to the support of the site as a museum.

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Address: 187 Prison Street Lahaina, HI United States 96761 Open to the public: Yes Fees?: Free Hours: Not listed Web link: Not listed

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