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conditions at TCF

Senator Malaepule Saite Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the “deplorable conditions” in the local prison at Tafuna were revealed and discussed during Senate regular sessions and hearings with members demanding immediate action by government, it looks like the matter has been put on the back burner until the Fono...
Department of Corrections Deputy Director Filomena Leituala, Director Semo Tauanu’u, and Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government must take immediate action to improve the premises where inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) are confined, before something happens that will put their lives at risk, which could cost government millions in lawsuits. This was unanimously...
Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna is in such a deplorable state that if something is not done about it soon, someone will get hurt. This dire warning was made by the chairman and members of the Senate Public Safety/ Homeland Security Committee, who...
Terriorial Corectional Facility (TCF)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) three times was sentenced by the High Court to serve an additional 5 years behind bars. Logoitinomatagilelei Amituana’i appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse last week for sentencing. He was...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has continued for two weeks the sentencing of three inmates who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last July. During court proceedings last Friday, Kruse heard from Luaao Fagota a.k.a. Andrew Peters, Jason Isaiah Muasau,...