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>> multiple trips through lake county juvenile led ruby herrera from her upper-class neighborhood to the department of correction. after months away from home ruby learns that getting out of girls school could be more difficult than she thinks. >> its now 9:15. your mom hasnt showed up. shes supposed to be here at 8:00 in the morning. i dont understand why her mom would not be here. and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with the lowest national...

Problem is. she has everything. we dont have a problem in the family. we dont have a problem in the house. i mean i do what i think every mother does. i am a little bit strict. but i think its my obligation because shes my daughter. its my job to make sure shes okay. >> at girls school theyre allowed family visits daily. today rubys mother has come to see her for the first time since ruby left lake county, almost six weeks ago. >> my parents could come see me every day where i was at because the...

Runaway a bunch of times because my mom called the cops on me. but ive never run away, ever. parents arent always right. just because theyre parents doesnt make them right. i am completely embarrassed to be here. my friends have never been in anyplace like this. my family has never gone to jail. no one. like right now, im an embarrassment to my family, to say the least. >> but upon arriving at juvenile prison, ruby had a lot more on her mind than what people back home were thinking of her. >> th...

Almost dead. >> im pretty convinced this is my last stop in the system because i see what its like. this aint what nobody wants really. you want freedom. thats what you want. ruby herrera did not grow up on the streets or struggle with gangs, but a life of financial privilege hasnt spared her from prison. over the past few years rubys mother has made a habit of just using the juvenile justice system to discipline her daughter, calling the police seven times to have her arrested. regardless of ...

But ive never run away, ever. parents arent always right. just because theyre parents doesnt make them right. i am completely embarrassed to be here. my friends have never been in anyplace like this. my family has never gone to jail. no one. like right now, im an embarrassment to my family, to say the least. >> but upon arriving at juvenile prison, ruby had a lot more on her mind than what people back home were thinking of her. >> the ride here, at first i was kind of nonchalant about it. and th...

Because i see what its like. this aint what nobody wants really. you want freedom. thats what you want. ruby herrera did not grow up on the streets or struggle with gangs, but a life of financial privilege hasnt spared her from prison. over the past few years rubys mother has made a habit of just -- using the juvenile justice system to discipline her daughter, calling the police seven times to have her arrested. regardless of whether or not the arrests were necessary, rubys repeated stays at l...