On Wednesday, the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs has released a report, according to which, the criminal justice system in Hawaii does not treat natives of Hawaiians fairly.

The report revealed that there are huge numbers of Hawaiians lying behind the bars of Hawaii, as compared to other ethnic groups. The natives of Hawaii have greater chances of prison sentences and longer prison sentences, in comparison to others. By depicting the statistics, the OHA officials wanted to show that how unfairly the native Hawaiians are being treated.

Of all the arrests made in 2008, the native Hawaiians accounted 25% of them, which is near to the state's general population of 24% of native Hawaiians. Also, the state criminal justice system imprisons 39% of the native Hawaiians, significantly higher than the general masses. They are also more likely to be put behind bars as against other groups, except American Indians. They are often given longer imprisonment than other racial or ethnic groups.

“The study found that the justice system's inequity to native Hawaiians accumulates at each step along the way, from arrest to incarceration, to release on parole", said OHA Administrator Clyde Namuo.

But the findings of the study were declined by Max Otani, administrator for the Hawaii Paroling Authority. He expressed that there is no disparity against native Hawaiians or any other group.