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I didnt think i was ever going to get caught for anything, but the other part of me was i didnt care. >> for 18-year-old justin boggess, one stint behind bars wasnt enough to stop the revolving door. >> this is my second time being in a juvenile prison. 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 th...

With more than 300 teens behind bars inside pendleton juvenile, some days can be tougher than others. for offenders and staff. when both are pushed to the limit, pendletons care team is called into action. >> the thing about trying to bring down the number of physical forces and its actually brought them down. bringing every day, different people are assigned to. today were both on the care team. whatever the situation as you go to where they call you and talk to the kid and kind of deescalate i...

>> ive gotten bigger, i guess. >> well, cant you put them on and pull your shirt down over it? >> no, i cant. >> youre going to have to. >> do you want to wear that out? are you sure you cant -- >> no, these are too tight. i just -- >> well, go try. i dont want -- >> i did try! >> okay. 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, ...

No one knows this better than the nurses in pendletons 24/7 medical unit. >> we have a lot of sex offenders here, and when you look at their files, someone has committed a sex crime on them and you cant tell me that the 12 or 13-year-old knows really what theyre doing, and i think thats why i have such a huge heart for these kids as opposed to adults who have committed a sex offense and theyre 50, 60 years old, because they know better. >> are you having any trouble seeing or earring? >> you hav...

Has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. its the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... whats the rush? be happy. be healthy. behind the locked doors of pendleton juvenile correctional facility, theres more than just teen offenders behind bars. >> 33, copy. >> for staff here, this is a world most people never see or understand.

Its not his trouble-making days he talks about the most. >> my dad, he could walk through the door right now and i wouldnt have any idea that was him. and my mom, she tries to be there for me, but she really doesnt. 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 pendleto...

Stuff. i plan on getting a job, you know. i cant really tell how things are going to be until i get out and i carry through with things because i said all this last time i was going to do good, and i wasnt out for two months and i got hit with an armed robbery. >> despite their claims of 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 troub...

Know. every kid has issues. theirs might be a little more violent than others or moreln=ñ 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 ç...

Time i was going to do good, and i wasnt out for two months and i got hit with an armed robbery. >> despite their claims of 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...

Learn from your mistakes. >> he could be acting just fine while heres in school and then the very next second he could be having an outburst and be hurting someone. and it just comes out of nowhere. you dont ever give up because you never know whats going to work today that didnt work yesterday. >> the challenges are understanding what makes a kid react before he thinks. it can get to the point that when they strike out it can go from one victim to multiple victims over a candy bar. next, on "...