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Territorial Correctional Facility

Sen. Togiola Tulafono
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Fainuulelei Alailima Utu said he did not play a role in drafting or the implementation of the Governor’s June 15 executive order, which separates the Territorial Correctional Facility from the Department of Public Safety (DPS). He made the comments...
TCF cell block
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Correctional Facility and Juvenile Detention Center will be overseen next month by the newly created American Samoa Corrections Agency, while awaiting the establishment of the Department of Corrections through legislation, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti...
Lions Club members assemble gift packages
Gift packages seen in this courtesy photo are sorted for distribution to inmates housed at the Territorial Correctional Facility in Tafuna, as a community service project of the Lions Club of Pago Pago, which worked with others in the private sector for the contribution, providing a little kindness...
TCF cell block
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the ideas contained in the Task Force plan to stop the spread of the Coronavirus inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) is the early release of some inmates from TCF and sending them home. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working closely with...
Siaumau Siaumau Jr
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Posting on Facebook an inmate serving a life sentence inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) is seen pleading for help after he tested positive for COVID-19 but has not received any medical treatment — and a video of the live feed is circulating on social...
Back wall around TCF
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drugs entering the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and prisoners having access to drugs has been an ongoing problem in the territory for many years now. Despite building a wall around the facility, inmates are testing positive for methamphetamine and marijuana,...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson, along with ASG officials turning the first shovels of dirt at ground breaking.
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson, along with ASG officials and others turn the soil during yesterday’s ground breaking ceremony for a new inmate security building at the Territorial Correctional Facility. Silva Construction has been awarded the contract for $810,...
U.S. Federal Court House Washington D.C.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal attorneys representing the US Secretary of Interior say the government has completed its assessment of the petition by Territorial Correctional Facility inmate, James Barlow, who is awaiting a response from American Samoa on his application for a pardon, for...
Eddieboy Vaavale in handcuffs
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) yesterday morning is now back in custody after police apprehended him at his home. A DPS senior official confirmed to Samoa News yesterday afternoon that Eddieboy Vaavale allegedly escaped from...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old farmer convicted of striking the back and shoulder of an intruder with a metal pipe after the intruder visited the defendant’s wife at their home was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) this week, after the court sentenced him to time...

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