Hale Pa'ahao

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  • Address
    cnr Prison & Waine'e Sts, Lahaina
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  • Phone
    6671985
  • Mon-Sat 10:00 - 16:00

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Hale Pa'ahao (Stuck-in-Irons House), Lahaina's old prison, was built in 1852 by convicts who dismantled the old harborside fort and carted the stones here to construct the 8ft-high prison walls. Inside one of the whitewashed cells you'll find an 'old seadog' mannequin spouting a recorded description of 'life in this here calaboose.'

Another cell displays a list of arrests for the year 1855. The top three offenses were drunkenness (330 arrests), adultery and fornication (111), and 'furious riding' (89). Other wayward transgressions of the day included profanity, lascivious conduct, aiding deserting sailors and drinking 'awa (kava moonshine).