Jurors find ex-guard, inmate guilty in Hawaii prison gang trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jurors have convicted a former guard and an inmate of charges related to their roles in a Hawaii prison gang.
The jury reached its verdict Friday in a trial that has provided an inside look at the operations of the "USO Family" prison gang. Prosecutors say the gang started with a few Hawaii inmates needing protection in a mainland prison and has grown to at least 1,000 members involved in drug-trafficking, violence and tax fraud.
Jurors found former Halawa Correctional Facility guard Feso Malufau guilty of a conspiracy charge involving taking bribes from the gang to smuggle drugs and cigarettes into the prison. Jurors found inmate Tineimalo Adkins guilty of leading a brutal gang attack on a fellow Halawa inmate in order to maintain his position as an USO.