our system, a lot of the parents have said i can t do this anymore. indiana department of correction commissioner david donahue says it takes a special kind of person to work with the juvenile population. our community support or lack thereof is probably the one challenge for corrections today that is very difficult. staff spend an enormous amount of time watching the young men at the pendleton juvenile correction facility evolve. they literally walk the walk and talk the talk with that child. it can be intimidating at times, yeah, but if you stay the same every day, they expect, you know, what to do once you come in. sergeant marlisha redfield jackson works in the pendleton gang unit with boggess and 23 of his cellmates. she s all too familiar with the public perception of the teens here. these are everyday kids, you
bars at pendleton juvenile, 19-year-old jacob shauntee is one of the most perplexing for staff. every time staff does something, you don t agree with it, this is what you do, you cut or tie or something, don t you? every time. because you just want everything to be fair, right? sorry, buddy. get this one right here on top.ç he s done it before, and it s shocking. his nail bed is purple. that s pretty bad. like i said, he s done it before. just two weeks ago, officers and medical staff had their hands full with jacob during a meltdown in a time-out cell. tonight they frantically try to deal with his self-mutilation. where did you get this? is this from your mattress? no. is this from your mattress? what s it from, hon? you can tell me, i m not going to say anything. what s it from? pillow. i thought we were trying to go home?
next on lockup: pendleton juvenile, mike jones sets his mind on release. don t leave with these people, man. and if you choose to meet up with them, you re stupid. and staff have an excruciating time with jacob shauntee. why would you do that? he s a good kid. so you re trying to lose fingers because you got bored? the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let s raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let s do what s best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let s solve this. just $14.99. start with soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses, just $14.99.
my family is mixed up in it. i was hustling, breaking into houses, i would beat people up. we was growing weed, we was selling weed, we was toting guns. we was doing a little bit of everything. early on, we did a room search, actually found a picture of ava brawn in his belongings that he had posted like a centerfold. like, he thought ava brawn was a supermodel or centerfold he would look up to because of the ties with adolf hitler. in a highly risky move, staff decided to place jones in pendleton s grow unit. a unit where rival gang members have to live side by side. the white supremacists are a small minority here. when he was in general populationhe and one of the fellow guys he clicked up with were the targets of many, you ç know, violent acts. he was placed in segregation for his own protection for a little while.
they say we battered somebody but i think they got the wrong people. according to internal reports, three offenders snuck into a unit and jumped another dtqi tq dleton staff identified and brady as two of the alleged perpetrators. i know who got battered, but i didn t know who done it. they said we done it. after a while, being bad ain t going to get you out, so you just got to be cool. i ve been cool. i ain t been to seg for a while. i did kind of follow in my parents footsteps and stuff, because they were in the family. my dad has been in prison and he s been if twice. my mom just got out, he was in here for five years. and now i m in here. as we interview cox and brady, another offender in seg decides it s his turn for attention. i want my [ bleep ] food. your food?