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The young men and women i have in our juvenile system today are 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 ...

Bars at pendleton juvenile, 19-year-old jacob shauntee is one of the most perplexing for staff. >> every time staff does something, you dont agree with it, this is what you do, you cut or tie or something, dont you? every time. because you just want everything to be fair, right? sorry, buddy. >> get this one right here on top.ç >> hes done it before, and its shocking. his nail bed is purple. thats pretty bad. like i said, hes done it before. >> just two weeks ago, officers and medical staff ha...

For every aggressive offender behind bars at pendleton juvenile, theres a c former bad boy who has spent years exercising 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, hesç going to mess with me, i will mess with him ...

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 feeling dizzy or anything? >> you have to have a thick skin. you really do. i get called every name under the sun exc...

They act like theyre bad boys and so hard and stuff. 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. be...

>> this is my second time beingç 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 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 neighbo...

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.ç >> 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 wan...

Out my window, and one of the kids that was sitting at the table here, i saw his head look out the door. and i knew he was looking at something. that wasnt normal, and so i yelled at him, "heath, whats going on?" and he went like that. and i knew he was telling me something, so i came to the door, saw the officer and mr. shauntee struggling. at first, i wasnt sure if it was horseplay or something, but it wasnt. it was real. and so i called for a signal ten. i could see it escalating. >> shauntee...

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 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 ...

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 ...