TCF wall
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fourth day of business at the House of Representatives involved a hearing with the House Committee of Public Safety and Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) officials over concerns of the multiple escapes from confinement by inmates and the status of the prison wall that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate serving a 30-year sentence at the TCF was ordered by the High Court to serve 20 months for escaping from confinement.
David Fo’a appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse last week for sentencing.
He was initially charged in two separate cases: one count of...
Work is moving along, with the installation of a concrete perimeter wall at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna. Pictured are some crewmembers from Nana’s Company, at work this past Saturday. The perimeter wall on the other side of the TCF main gate is being erected by Paramount...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono Special Session officially closed last Friday after the Senate and House agreed on the final language of an Administration bill appropriating funds for the construction of a “new cement perimeter wall” around the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), and a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has called for a Conference Committee of the Fono to convene Fridy morning to iron out differences and reach a resolution on the final language of an Administration bill appropriating funds for the construction of a “new cement perimeter wall” around the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lolo Administration has identified a funding source for the construction of a “new cement perimeter wall” around the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and a seawall from Aua village going east along the coastline of Tutuila.
According to an administration bill...


![The perimeter wall for the TCF is almost fully complete. The job was carried out by Nana’s Company and Paramount Builders, and funded under an appropriations bill signed by Governor Lolo Moliga last October, authorizing $900,000 for a project he says will address the need to better secure the TCF. The funding sources were FY 2017 and FY 2018 surpluses, and 2017 dividends from the American Samoa Hawaii Cable.[photo: BC] TCF wall](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tcf_wallweb.jpg?itok=SfwC_V6g)

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![Construction workers seen last Friday afternoon, working on erecting a perimeter wall at the Territorial Correctional Facility. [photo: FS] Construction workers seen last Friday afternoon, working on erecting a perimeter wall at the Territorial Correctional Facility.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/workers_3556.jpg?itok=lwbE5nzP)