Hawaii's system of vocational education (VE) for criminal offenders in its correctional system was reviewed. This report updates a prior study done in 1989 on vocational education in corrections and thus contains comparative information and recommendations based on the latest research findings. Fourteen specialists and administrators involved in correctional education in Hawaii were interviewed, and statistical data were analyzed to gather information on VE program funding, objectives, systemic problems, and facilities and programs offering services at Hawaii's nine state correctional facilities. The vocational graphics program at Halawa Correctional Facility and aquaculture program at Kulani Correctional Facility, integration of high technology into VE programs, and on-the-job training programs at several correctional facilities were commended. The following problems were cited: inmates released early to ease facility overcrowding often receive no or insufficient vocational training; few VE programs are offered to juveniles at the youth correctional facility in Kailua and the facility's agricultural and automotive shop facilities are outdated; and corrections officers have fewer opportunities for education and training than the individuals they guard. (Appended are Perkins Act provisions pertaining to VE programs for criminal offenders and a list of the members of Hawaii's Department of Corrections Training Advisory Council. The individuals interviewed and 13 publications consulted are also listed.) (MN)