History

Founded in 1974, TJ Mahoney & Associates is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping prison inmates become responsible, productive members of their communities. Our objective is to improve the likelihood of successful community reentry, thereby reducing recidivism and the long-term financial and social costs of incarceration. We have a successful history of operating programs for both male and female inmates in Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii.

TJ Mahoney & Associates opened its first Hawaii program, Miller Hale, in 1990 through contracts with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Pretrial Services. Two years later, we opened Matlock Hale, a 16-bed program for female offenders. In 2003, both programs relocated to our current facility on Kaaahi Street. Miller Hale became Mahoney Hale, and Matlock Hale became Ka Hale Ho‘āla Hou No Nā Wāhine (The Home of Reawakening for Women). 

Goals

In pursuing our mission of empowering women to successfully transition from prison to the community, Ka Hale Ho‘āla Hou No Nā Wāhine seeks to:

• Reduce recidivism and the associated costs, both financial and social, of the cycle of crime and incarceration, thereby contributing to safer communities for all of Hawaii's people.
• Reduce the potential for delinquency among the children of program graduates through targeted skill building and parenting for their mothers.
• Provide women with the support necessary to sustain employment and advance in their careers, thus decreasing both welfare dependency and the inclination to return to criminal behavior for economic reasons.
• Continue to improve service quality as we contribute to the growing body of knowledge on successful strategies for assisting offenders with community reentry.