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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 nathan brady. >> they came and woke us up out of bed and said we were going to seg. we usually know what we did, because we usually go right away. but we didnt do nothing yet. say we battered somebody but i think they got the wrong people. >> accorng to inrnal 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. >> afte...

Understand. 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 offensand theyre , 60 years old,ecause they know better. >> are you having any trouble seeing or earring? >> y...

Understand. 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 hearing...

Lot of times works. will you contract with me right now that you wont do anything else? promise? okay. and then once you leave time-out -- you heard, once hes calm -- >> in about ten minutes im 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 ba...

>> 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, michael jones. >> just a few hours later, michael jones and his family also say their good-byes...

>> normal for 19-year-old jacob shauntee has been a lifetime in the juvenile justice system. pendleton medical staff knows him well. unfortunately, shawntee is a regular visitor. today will be no exception. >> its not easy to do. stay here for a minute, relax, catch your breath. do whatever you do to try to settle down. >> after a fight with an officer on his unit, it takes a team of staff to carefully handle the fragile shauntee. >> how old are you? >> 19. >> youre a grown man. youre a grown ma...

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 troubled as his past. even though hes completed all programs and has earned h...

The day. when we gets kids in our system, its usually the end result of phenomenal interventions, but 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 star...

Are often angry and violent. this is "lockup: pendleton juvenile, extended stay." >> attention all units, we have a signal ten. hold all radio traffic. ♪ ♪ >> at pendleton juvenile correctional facility, 40 minutes east of indianapolis, staff must always be prepared for the unexpected. >> you just talk to me. >> calm down. dont hurt yourself. shauntee, stop. thats not helping nothing! [ indiscernible ] shauntee. >> got to call medical. >> yeah. >> shauntee. hes punching himself right now. >>...