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September 18, 2017
Here because they have threatened the fabric of public safety. >> it was a different set of problems that landed 18-year-old adam cameron in pendleton. >> my biggest problem in life is just stealing things, touching things that dont belong to me. grand theft auto. stolen stuff. it started when i met a girl when i was 13. then i started running away, got in a gang, and went on from there. the gang had me do things. >> if you want to actually put your chairs in a circle, id appreciate it. >> camer...
September 18, 2017
Im the type of person that im been trying to change it, but i still have that part of me im going to do what i want, when i want. aint nobody going to stop me. >> as he serves his time in pendletons gang unit, boggess says his former ties with the imperial gangsters gave him street cred, but that wasnt his own crutch on the outside. >> when you have a gun on you, it makes you feel a lot safer than it would if you didnt have one. the neighborhood i grew up in, people always shooting, fighting and...
September 18, 2017
Right time for the right reasons. >> fortunately for cameron, hes scheduled to go home in one week. like many kids here, he will be released to the custody of his grandparents. >> theyre very important to me. theyre like my mom and dad actually. they have had me since i was 8 1/2 months old. they feel like they failed. they tried to raise me, but i just -- sometimes i even told them sometimes they just tried too hard. coming up on "lock-up pendleton juvenile," two loving grandparents intention...
September 18, 2017
Innocence, brandyn cox and nathan brady were found guilty of the battery that landed them in seg. since then, cox has been released. brady remains at pendleton. as for jacob shauntee, his future remains as troubled as his past. even though hes completed all programs and has earned his release, he cant go home. according to superintendent mike dempsey, jacob has no one or no place to take him in. >> it could be directly related to there being no parent, to there being no guardian, no relative tha...
September 18, 2017
People. >> according to internal reports, three offenders snuck into a unit and jumped another student. pendleton staff identified cox and brady as two of the alleged perpetrators. >> i know who got battered, but i didnt know who done it. they said we done it. >> after a while, being bad aint going to get you out, so you just got to be cool. ive been cool. i aint 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 p...
September 18, 2017
Violent than others or more to deal with, but thats what were here for because its all about correcting their behavior, because, you know, someone didnt do something somewhere, you know, to make sure they are not in here. coming up on "lock-up: pendleton juvenile," a glimpse into the horrific childhood of jacob shauntee. >> i was taken away from my dad. i was put with my mom. my dad went to prison for ten years for child abuse and attempted murder. >> and -- >> she doesnt want to come here. a ...
September 18, 2017
Well get you a pair of sweatpants, because that way, you wont be wearing that. >> after two long years and a teenager back at their side, adam and his grandparents finally leave pendleton. >> last but not least, michael jones. >> just a few hours later, michael jones and his family also say their good-byes. but back inside the razor wire fences of pendleton juvenile, justin boggess still faces time behind bars. >> im a strong believer everything happens for a reason, and i feel that, you know, i...
September 18, 2017
Going to send him -- >> let him come down, and then ill give him some one-on-one. ill see you in a little bit, okay? all right. >> randall sawyer is the charge nurse in pendletons medical unit. here, staff sees more than 150 offenders a day for everything from daily med distribution to serious offender battery. self-cutting is also no surprise. >> a lot of them will cut on themselves for self-mutilation to relieve the anger. they say it just feels good. and its sad that they have resulted in tha...
September 18, 2017
They want to be safe. they want organization, that type of thing. >> safety isnt the only concern inside pendleton. education and counseling is also mandatory for release. >> people are having their own problems. this is the time were going to talk about -- >> across the yard, counselor stephanie roberts is letting offenders in unit d-9 vent. >> because i know you all have issues youd like to talk about. trust me. im your counselor, i know. because you always come running to me. this is our time...
September 18, 2017
She was going to try to actually have me come home and stay with her, but she doesnt have the money for it. >> out of 12 messages i had today, 7 messages had to do with behavior problems going on in the unit. >> stephanie roberts is a psychiatric social services counselor in pendletons d-9 unit. over the past week, d-9 has had its share of trouble. >> weve had people battering staff, weve had people urinating under doors. weve had a lot going on. so, i want to see from your guys perspective what...