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>> no, sir. >> it's a very structured environment. go to bed at the same time. there's no horseplay, absolutely no horseplay. is that going to be a problem? >> no, sir. >> 2100 is lights out, taps. there is no talking. if you were to be caught talking, the whole room gets up and does pt. >> would you have any problems with that? >> no, sir. >> how are you going to be able to handle taking direction and orders from other guys in your position?ç >> well, sir, i would think to myself if i listen to them then maybe one day i'll be able to get up there and be able to be the one. >> yeah, is great...

Future. rather than throwing all of these resources into the facility and throwing him back into the same environment, the idea is when they complete the future soldier program, we can release them directly into one of the military branchs. leave here and go directly into boot camp. >> housed in pendleton's echo 15 unit, 24 carefully screened offenders make up the future soldiers program. but getting their prison walking papers and marching straight to boot camp isn't so simple. there's still red tape. military requirements demand offenders be out of pendleton 30 days after their release befor...

>> reporter: counselor frank sawyer is a corporate retiree. >> are you dealing with the physical parts of the program? >> like i've done about 250 push-ups today alone. >> good. that's excellent. >> inside pendleton, he found the work of a lifetime with kids like madness and the future soldiers of echo 15. >> the future soldiers program kind of breathes extra life into what i'm trying to do. >> attention on deck! >> we step in there, somebody's in your face. >> good morning. >> good morning, sir! >> attention! and they answer you, it's not yes, it's yes, sir. >> this bed is a train wreck. it n...

And maybe storm we'll start all over. if you've got some conflict with the teacher, let that go. because you're there to get your ged, which in the end has nothing to do with her, right? because that's for down the road. >> she was the reason i got this -- this -- >> no, you need to take on the ou're here because of whatever happened to you. but you're also going to get out of here because of whatever you do. you've got the control with that. so take her out of the occasion. does that work? okay? thank you. 99% of the time, i would say they just want somebody to listen to them. they just want ...

And does pt. >> would you have any problems with that? >> no, sir. >> how are you going to be able to handle taking direction and orders from other guys in your position? >> well, sir, i would think to myself if i listen to them then maybe one day i'll be able to get up there and be able to be the one. >> yeah, is great answer. >> even though this offender has all of the right answers, the decision to accept him into the unit is complicated. >> these juveniles come from horrible backgrounds. i tend not judge them but we want to ask yourselves do we think that they'll learn in this unit. >> the...