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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 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...

Like, normal. >> you know, i dont come up and ask individually what gang do you belong to, which gang are you affiliated with. because its not an issue. 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 stepha...

>> so you try to lose fingers because you got bored. >> 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...

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 yet. they say we battered somebody but i think they got the wrong people. >> 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. [ indisce...

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...

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 his release, he cant go home. acc...

>> one challenge is the sheer energy level it takes to manage 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 ...

>> 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. but back inside the razor wire fences of...

Ask individually what gang do you belong to, which gang are you affiliated with. because its not an issue. 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 v...

Yourself. >> i hit myself one time. >> whats the purpose? >> i think a lot of the offenders have a lot of anger here because they have went 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 ...