Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 6, 1 June 2004 — Far from home [ARTICLE]

Far from home

I am a Kanaka Maoli inmate imprisoned in Oklahoma. I very mueh enjoy reading Ka Wai Ola and

find it very informative as well as allowing me to remain attached to our kulāiwi while interned here, 6,000 miles away from home and family. It would be a blessing to hold my keiki, again, but visiting costs for my wife and children to see me are prohibitive, and video visits are limited to 15 minutes every several months. Phone costs are pipi'i — $10 for 15 minutes. So you see, Ka Wai Ola means mueh to us, and we are very appreciative of you. Please don't misunderstand me. I do not lament my incarceration. I deserve to be punished for breaking the laws of the State of Hawai'i and America, and I accept it. I just don't understand why the oligarchy people who rule the State of Hawai'i pay $30 million a year to other people to imprison us when our own people at home laek jobs. Pupule. Harold Medeiros Watonga, OK OHA reserves the right to ed.it all Ietters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the right not to print any submission. All letters must be typed, signed anel not exceed. 200 words. Letters cannot be published unless they are signed anel include a ielephone contact for verificcition. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Ste. 500, Honolulu, HI 96813, or email kwo@oha.org. ■