Hale Pa'ahao - Old Lahaina Prison

Good visit

Built in 1852 to house the rowdy sailors who roamed the streets. The gate house has been rebuilt, but there are information boards around to give the background to the building. Entry is free.

Interesting place to visit just of the main Road in Lahaina.

During the prim whaling years, when Lahaina was visited by hundreds of ships, stopping by for supplies and water, this prison was a very popular place for rambunctious sailors and other rowdy offender...

Interesting Place: stuck-in-irons house

Originally, Lahaina Prison was located at the Old Fort near the waterfront. In 1852, Kamehameha III authorized the building of a new jail on Prison Street. Offenses included being drunk, jumping ship...

Self Guided Tour of 1850's prison

Self guided tour of a prison built during the peak of the whaling era. Interesting displays and story. Enjoyable museum and gardens. Donation requested.

Self guided tour of small prison

We were the only visitors to the old Lahaina prison which had a building housing the old cells and some written plackards describing what the prison was like. No museum staff, just a donation slot