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>> rubys high school friends are ready to graduate and move on. now ruby is going to leave her new friends behind. >> im going to miss you guys. >> dont be sad. >> its going to be sad. >> i dont want to go yet. just keep talking. i didnt mean to make you cry. >> i was going to cry anyways. >> whos going to be mean to me all around? >> i wasnt mean to you. >> im just playing. who am i going to pull around? >> i think people think just because you come here and they tell you, youre not here to mak...

Pistol. did you know who pistol pete was? >> yeah, i know who played that ball. >> you got it. good job. what grade in school are you? >> 11. >> you all caught up on your credits? >> yes. i hope i can get out so i can go back to school and get the rest of them. >> can you get back and stay out of trouble? thats the key. >> yeah. i wasnt in trouble while i was there. >> while youre here. >> im not in trouble. >> youre not in trouble? okay. what you perceive as doing nothing is probably breaking a...

Are ready to graduate and move on. now ruby is going to leave her new friends behind. >> im going to miss you guys. >> dont be sad. >> its going to be sad. >> i dont want to go yet. i didnt mean to make you cry. >> i was going to cry anyways. >> whos going to be mean to me all the time? >> i wasnt mean to you. who am i going to pull around? >> i think people think just because you come here and they tell you, youre not here to make friends, blah, blah, blah. really no one comes in here with the ...

Week. juvenile conduct report. and its basically like the worst thing you could get here. one of them was for bringing pictures to school, which was contraband. the other one was for failure to comply. >> though ruby came to juvenile prison resigned to her fate and hopefully to return to high school, the frustration of being sent to prison and spending months locked up eventually took its toll and ruby began acting out. >> i was really upset. i felt like i was going through so much. everyone was...

I just started crying. i did not want to be here. >> luckily for ruby, the reality of life in girls school did not live up to the horrors of her imagination. nevertheless, shes spending her last and most important days of high school incarcerated, something that could haunt her for years to come. >> i thought i was going to be going to mexico for spring break and getting a car. i thought my senior year was going to be my best year ever. not at all. >> while being locked up at girls school, ruby ...

Two years, shes coming home to that mother. unless the parents change their ways that situation will never resolve itself. >> its really, really hard to be here. youre just missing out on a lot of things like being at a regular school, being with your family. i missed my little sisters birthday. im not going to be home for my 18th birthday. ill probably miss christmas. i know im not going to be able to graduate with my friends. i mean, youre missing out on your life. i miss every aspect of not b...

Her friends, rubys moment finally arrives. >> dont forget about me. >> bye. >> ive come to the conclusion that my mom, even though i think shes too strict on me, i know im a better person now than what i was before i came here. ive gotten to know myself better. everything i have at home i should be grateful for. not take anything for granted. >> i cant wait to see her. shes probably big. >> rubys mom is five months pregnant, so ruby has another sibling to look forward to. >> i hope the time was ...

>> dont forget about me. >> bye. >> ive come to the conclusion that my mom, even though i think shes too strict on me, i know im a better person now than what i was before i came here. ive gotten to know myself better. everything i have at home i should be grateful for. not take anything for granted. >> i cant wait to see her. shes probably big. >> rubys mom is five months pregnant, so ruby has another sibling to look forward to. >> i hope we can make it work for real this time. i believe in her...

I just thought horrible things. horrible, horrible things. oh my gosh. i want to go back to county. i just started crying. i did not want to be here. >> luckily for ruby, the reality of life in girls school did not live up to the horrors of her imagination. nevertheless, shes spending her last and most important days of high school incarcerated, something that could haunt her for years to come. >> i thought i was going to be going to mexico for spring break and getting a car. i thought my senior...

Juvenile prison. now in the early morning hours of her last day at girls school, ruby waits for her mother to arrive so she can be released. >> ruby! its now 9:15. your mom hasnt showed up. i had to explain to her she will be on her way shortly. i dont understand why her mom would not be here. supposed to be here at 8:00 in the morning. >> oh, yes. shes going to be here at 2:30? i knew it. is there any way to get ahold of her and tell her to be here at 2:30? >> i was pretty shocked when i approa...