Behind Bars - Doing Press Time

At Halawa Correctional Facility, in Hawaii, a large number of inmates are being transferred to a prison in Texas, Shimabukuro says. And what types of inmates are being targeted? Those holding down prison jobs, of course.

"They wiped out about 90 percent [of my staff]," reveals Shimabukuro. He figures he'll lose the rest of his veterans by year's end. "They're looking for the 'model' inmate," he says—and stripping him of his experienced workers in the process. "We're in a constant training mode. It's not like we train somebody and we're set for life."