Fathers Day escapee captured after two weeks

An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility on Fathers Day, June 15, was captured and returned to the TCF on June 28.

Director of the Department of Corrections, Palaita Tusipasi Suiaunoa, said Deion White was captured by police in front of Sonny’s Restaurant in Nu’uuli on June 28. He had been on the lam for two weeks.

White is serving time for a 2021 robbery and assault conviction. It’s expected that he will be charged with escape from confinement.

An issue that has been raised repeatedly is why the public is not immediately informed when an inmate escapes. Typically, it’s only when the media makes inquiries that the Department of Corrections discloses such information. This was also the case when TCF was under the Department of Public Safety.