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>> counselor frank sawyer is a corporate retiree. >> you are dealing with the physical parts of the program? >> like ive done 250 push-ups today alone. >> good. thats excellent. >> inside pendleton, he found the work of a lifetime with kids like madden and the future soldiers of echo 15. >> the futures soldiers program kind of breathes extra life into what im trying to do. >> attention on deck. >> when you step in there, somebodys in your face. >> good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> attention...

Than one stint behind bars to learn a lesson. 18-year-old michael brehm is nearing completion of a second round in pendleton. >> i was here the first time for 9 1/2 months. i came back here the second time for the exact same thing. minor consumption, public intox, alcohol problem, over-the-counter cough medicine problem, done a lot of that stuff. >> inside pendleton, military-like structure keeps brehm on the straight and narrow. all offenders must attend school daily. after being locked up for ...

>> i love this program. i am a vietnam vet myself. >> counselor frank sawyer is a corporate retiree. >> you are dealing with the physical parts of the program? >> like ive done 250 push-ups today alone. >> good. thats excellent. >> inside pendleton, he found the work of a lifetime with kids like madden and the future soldiers of echo 15. >> the futures soldiers program kind of breathes extra life into what im trying to do. >> attention on deck. >> when you step in there, somebodys in your face. ...

Offenders at pendleton juvenile correctional facility serve anywhere from six months to several years behind bars. 18-year-old offender, charles taylor, has been locked up for a year. >> i started selling drugs. started selling drugs hard. and figured only way i can eat is to rob somebody. so i go around robbing people. selling, selling cocaine, marijuana, x-pills and trying to live life. thats what i thought it was. >> drugs werent taylors only problem. hes also a former gangster disciple membe...

Stuff. >> inside pendleton, military-like structure keeps brehm on the straight and narrow. all offenders must attend school daily. after being locked up for more than two years, michael hopes the six months he spent in pendletons substance abuse program will give him the skills to stay out for good. >> my groups have helped me quite a bit. the substance abuse groups, they helped me think of things that could keep my time occupied, the reasons why i should stay sober. im 18 years old now. time f...

Offenders at pendleton juvenile correctional facility serve anywhere from six months to several years behind bars. 18-year-old offender, charles taylor, has been locked up for a year. >> i started selling drugs. started selling drugs hard. and figured only way i can eat is to rob somebody. so i go around robbing people. selling, selling cocaine, marijuana, x-pills and trying to live life. thats what i thought it was. >> drugs werent taylors only problem. hes also a former gangster disciple membe...

Problem, done a lot of that stuff. >> inside pendleton, military-like structure keeps brehm on the straight and narrow. all offenders must attend school daily. after being locked up for more than two years, michael hopes the six months he spent in pendletons substance abuse program will give him the skills to stay out for good. >> my groups have helped me quite a bit. the substance abuse groups, they helped me think of things that could keep my time occupied, the reasons why i should stay sober....

Michael jones has morphed from white supremacist to model offender inside pendleton. >> several good things came from me being locked up. know what im saying? i figured out that i got to interact with different racial groups to help me out. in life you cant hate. its too mixed up now. the worlds too mixed up. there aint the 60s and 50s. cant be segregated any more. i got my g.e.d. thats a big deal. i never thought i was going to get my g.e.d. >> today, after a year behind bars, jones is set to b...

Decided to place jones in pendletons 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 population, he and one of the fellow guys he clicked up with were the targets of many, you know, violent acts. he was placed in segregation for his own protection for a little while. the violence got so bad for him. he admits how ignorant he was back then. he sees that he -- his way of thinking was incorrect. >> it ...

Fellow guys he clicked up with were the targets of many, you know, violent acts. he was placed in segregation for his own protection for a little while. the violence got so bad for him. he admits how ignorant he was back then. he sees that he -- his way of thinking was incorrect. >> it was kind of crazy. i mean, seen a lot of stuff. ive been to rallies. i mean, all that stuff. ive seen 40-foot crosses burn and stuff like that. thats what we live by, thats just how we was. i didnt know anything d...