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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 old. >> when you get somebody that's new to the system, somebody that is not familiar with prison life, you can still grab a hold 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 a...

>> they teach you about the five steps of decisionmaking. see the situation clearly, know what you want, evaluate the possibilities, expand alternatives, and then you act. >> you made the mistake. your family is paying for your mistake. so you know what? 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...

Sexually assaulted by a dozen male drill instructors since 2009. casey stiegel is looking into this for us in dallas. casey, this scandal really started to explode, hasn't it? >> reporter: yeah, martha, it really has. it was first made public a year ago when a female airman down there accused of one of her spears yors of rape. that is really when this started to unravel. once the u.s. military began looking into the matter they discovered it actually had been going on for about three years since 2009, and now a total of 12 training instructors at lackland air force base are being investigated ...

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...

>> during the final phase of th program, the cadets are allowed to go home where they are  monitored daily for several  months.  >> are you going to be all right? >> yes, sir.  >> can't wait to go home? >> can't get to get a second chance at life, sir. >> there you go. good job. good job. good job. 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....