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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 is going on in this unit that is leading to this negative behavi...

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...

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...

Mean? okay. >> that you do whats right at all times. >> in front of your back and behind your back. >> do the right thing at the 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 ...

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 ...

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 thats willing to take the offe...

Here. >> these are everyday kids, you know. every kid has issues. theirs might be a little more 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 f...

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 have to have a thick skin. you really do. i get called every name under the sun except for my real na...

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 thats willing to take the offender in. it could be that theyve exhausted all of the other community p...

>> 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 prison an...