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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 started running away, got in a gang, and went on from there. the gang had me...

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 neighborhood i grew up in, people always shooting, fighting and...

>> 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 pendleton juvenile, justin boggess still faces time behind bars. >> im a strong believer everything happens for a reason, and i feel that, yo...

>> i got bored. >> 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 ...

You know, progressive.com makes it easy for us to get the right home insurance. [ snoring ] progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto. [ chuckles ] all right. 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.

What does a leadership role 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...

You just cant. >> next on "lockup: pendleton juvenile," mike jones sets his mind on release. >> dont leave with these people, man. and if you choose to meet up with them, youre stupid. >> and staff have an excruciating time with jacob shauntee. >> why would you do that? >> hes a good kid. >> so youre trying to lose fingers because you got bored? break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist allergy relief instead of allergy pills. its more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist exper...

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. 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 tha...

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 pendletons d-9 unit. over the past week, d-9 has had its share of trouble. >> weve had people batt...

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. 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. >> after a while, being bad aint going to get yo...