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Away. can i have my name back? >> and im sitting there shaking inside. because ive been waiting on that. >> i think im going to have to do two suitcases, because that dress, i dont want to smash it. >> the wrinkles wont stand a chance, baby. im sure your curves will get it right. >> but before takita and jerome can take the next step, they have to meet the prisons guidelines. >> choosing to make that person your number one is different than getting wrapped up in the emotion of the love. >> at pe...

Can i go -- shes like, oh, yeah, bring him here. >> so she was pulling the race card and was wanting her to -- he wanted attention right then and there and she wasnt able to give him that right then and there so he was wanting to act out. >> so were hungry and were feeling some racial tension. >> racism. >> okay, racism and the teacher wont let you get educated. >> yeah. >> but what was the first established point of interest here? >> i asked. >> you told me youre the biggest threat to this faci...

Future. rather than throwing all of these resources into the facility and throwing him back into the same environment, the idea is when they complete the future soldier program, we can release them directly into one of the military branchs. leave here and go directly into boot camp. >> housed in pendletons echo 15 unit, 24 carefully screened offenders make up the future soldiers program. but getting their prison walking papers and marching straight to boot camp isnt so simple. theres still red t...

Break down in tears because, you know, you know theyre gone for a while. >> 35. one en route to visitation and ç one enroute to the dining hall from the 11. >> weve got a lot of challenges ahead of us, john. me and you. you know that? coming into a new situation, okay? i love you very much. i am so proud of you. >> thank you. >> welcome to pendleton correctional facility graduation day. i had the opportunity to work with all of these guys. i would like to point out, john madden, he has really h...

Its either that or go back and theres not a whole lot there for me. a lot of people might not appreciate im trying to do something for myself, and i dont like i need to go back to that, because i dont feel like im going to have a whole lot of support. >> with his release day just weeks away and military recruiters in town, superintendent dempsey nervously tries to find a solution to bridge the 30-day probation period that would require madden to return to his old haunts. >> hes come a long way. ...

Facility? would you say at least have the people? >> yeah. >> at least have the people want in this. so if theres three beds and you get one of them, you need to make the most of that opportunity. >> despite the good news for this offender, not everyone will make the cut. even though there are three beds open, the officers decide only two teens are ready for the program. after being kicked out once before, this offender gets a second and final chance. >> im going to say yes, that its a go for me...

For every aggressive offender behind bars at pendleton juvenile, theres a former bad boy who has spent years exsorecising the demons of his past. 18-year-old john madden is one of those kids. >> i turned 15 here, i turned 16 here. i turned 17 here and turned 18 here. i got when i was staff charged. and i feel bad about it you and these officers dont do nothing here but come and do their jobs and i was being stupid and ignorant and thought, hey, hes going to mess with me, i will mess with him and...

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