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Pressure is about getting your head straight, getting to school if you want to go to school, getting a job if you want to get a job and preparing yourself for the outside world. >> james august was found guilty of burglary and grand theft, but because of boot camp, his sentence is only six years of probation. >> a lot of these people, they come here and they don't know that they can work. and they think, well, the only way i'm going to get money is if i sell drugs, if i rob, if i steal. you know, they've never really had a sense of pride in anything that they do. so when they begin to do somet...

And they have to complete our program or they will be sentenced to whatever it is for the crime. whether it be five ten, 15 years, or sometimes even life. >> i would be facing 15 to 30 years on armed robbery and kidnapping. so i decided to come to boot camp instead of facing 15 to 30 years. >> there is a criteria to come here and not all of them may meet that criteria. there's the physical aspect of it and psychological aspect and they must pass these tests in order to qualify to come here. >> age is also a criteria for acceptance into the program. all inmates must be between 14 and 28 years o...

They are going to pay for your mistake right now. >> drill instructor monsaurat ponse sees his job as a task master. he's been here for ten years. most of the jail's drill instructors have been through a special three-week boot camp with the u.s. marine corps. >> what little i can provide them here, a little structure, give them an opportunity, just that one thought at that one time before they make that fatal mistake of either getting high, picking up a gun, or violating their parole, or better yet, just doing something wrong. >> why are you looking at me? i'm not your girlfriend. you want me...

Of them before they get too deep. >> officer alvin formally of the u.s. army is one of the drill instructors. >> my primary goal is to turn these youthful offenders hopefully into productive citizens so they can re-enter society. >> left, left. left, right. >> while in the program, participants are no longer considered inmates, they are cadets. >> the biggest shock to the cadets when they arrive is having to do something that somebody else tells them to do. drop your tray. ready, ready, ready. sit. >> on the street, you free to do anything you want to do. in boot camp, you got to ask for permi...

Good job. >> we have drill instructors that are called case managers. and we go out to their home. we go to their job. we go to their school. wherever it is that they might be. to make sure they're not back on the block. you know, that they're not being re-introduced to drugs or gang activity like that. that they stay focused. that is really what separates our program from other programs. that's why we are successful. because we do take an active role in the individual once they leave this particular building. >> hey, you keep moving. get your head out of your tail there. >> aye-aye, sir. >> a...