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Deal with, but thats what were here for, because its all about correcting their behavior, you know, because 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. and i was put with my mom because my dad went to prison for ten years for child abuse and attempted murder. >> and -- >> kids dont want to come here. a lot of kids out there...

Through a lot of things at home. so when i read their charts, a lot of it makes sense on the why, why theyre here, because its been done to them. theyve been cursed at and yelled at their whole life. juveniles, they come with a lot of baggage. >> no one knows about a lifetime of baggage more than 18-year-old pendleton inmate michael jones. >> im an ex-white supremist. thats why im in this unit. its the gang unit. >> the first time i spoke with michael jones when he got out of seg and we brought ...

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, i 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 appr...

If youve had enough, ask your dermatologist about enbrel. 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. 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

Houses. i was beating people up. we was growing weed. we was selling weed. we was toting guns. doing a little bit of everything. >> early on we did a room search, actually found a picture of eva braun in his belongings that he had posted as like a centerfold. like he thought eva braun was a supermodel or centerfold that he would look up to because of the ties with adolf hitler. >> in a highly risky move, staff decided to place jones in pendletons grow program, a unit where rival gang members hav...

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 "lockup pendleton juvenile," from teenage troublemaker to pendleton role model. can this l...

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 has committed a sex offense and theyre 50, 60 years old, because they know better. >> are you having any trouble seeing or feel dizzy or anything? nothing? okay. >> you have to have a thick skin. you really do. i get called every name under the sun except for my real name, but theyre kids. this is 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 guyss perspective what is going on in this unit that is leading to this negative behavior and how can we change it. ...

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 have to have a thick skin. you really do. i get called every name under the sun except for my real name, but theyre kids. this is their normal, and thats whats so ...

>> of all the offenders behind 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. >> 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, o...