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here because they have threatened the fabric of public safety. >> it was a different set of problems that landed 18-year-old adam cameron in pendleton. >> my biggest problem in life is just stealing things, touching things that don't belong to me. grand theft auto. stolen stuff. it started when i met a girl when i was 13. then i started running away, got in a gang, and went on from there. the gang had me do things. >> if you want to actually put your chairs in a circle, i'd appreciate it. >> cameron never thought his sticky fingers would lead to time in juvenile prison. he's had two long years to think about his past. it's not his trouble-making days he talks about the most. >> my dad, he could walk through the door right now and i wouldn't have any idea that was him. and my mom, she tries to be there for me, but she really doesn't.
i'm the type of person that i'm been trying to change it, but i still have that part of me i'm going to do what i want, when i want. ain't nobody going to stop me. >> as he serves his time in pendleton's gang unit, boggess says his former ties with the imperial gangsters gave him street cred, but that wasn't his own crutch on the outside. >> when you have a gun on you, it makes you feel a lot safer than it would if you didn't have one. the neighborhood i grew up in, people always shooting, fighting and stuff, and it's crazy. it makes you feel powerful, too, like you can't be touched, and i like that feeling. >> even behind bars, boggess has had his share of violent episodes -- fighting, battery, attempted escape. this is his second stint in a juvenile prison, this time for armed robbery. >> it wasn't about needing or wanting money. i mean, i had money. it was just something to do. it was a gas station.
right time for the right reasons. >> fortunately for cameron, he's scheduled to go home in one week. like many kids here, he will be released to the custody of his grandparents. >> they're very important to me. they're like my mom and dad actually. they have had me since i was 8 1/2 months old. they feel like they failed. they tried to raise me, but i just -- sometimes i even told them sometimes they just tried too hard. coming up on "lock-up pendleton juvenile," two loving grandparents' intention on release day. will adam cameron live up to his word? >> well, go try. >> i did try! >> another emergency brings jacob shauntee back to the medical unit. >> every time staff does something and you don't agree with it, it's what you do, isn't it? >> and two offenders remain locked down as an investigation continues into their alleged attacks.
innocence, brandyn cox and nathan brady were found guilty of the battery that landed them in seg. since then, cox has been released. brady remains at pendleton. as for jacob shauntee, his future remains as troubled as his past. even though he's completed all programs and has earned his release, he can't go home. according to superintendent mike dempsey, jacob has no one or no place to take him in. >> it could be directly related to there being no parent, to there being no guardian, no relative that's willing to take the offender in. it could be that they've exhausted all of the other community placement treatment programs that were out there, and we're having to dig and try to find as best we can somebody else to take him. >> in his final comments about what he sees for his future, jacob reveals one last wrenching detail about the life he left
people. >> according to internal reports, three offenders snuck into a unit and jumped another student. pendleton staff identified cox and brady as two of the alleged perpetrators. >> i know who got battered, but i didn't know who done it. they said we done it. >> after a while, being bad ain't going to get you out, so you just got to be cool. i've been cool. i ain't been to seg for a while. i did kind of follow in my parents' footsteps and stuff, because they were in the family. my dad has been in prison and he's been if twice. my mom just got out, he was in here for five years. and now i'm in here. >> as we interview cox and brady, another offender in seg decides it's his turn for attention. >> i want my [ bleep ] food. >> your food? they're going to get your food in a second.
violent than others or more to deal with, but that's what we're here for because it's all about correcting their behavior, because, you know, someone didn't do something somewhere, you know, to make sure they are not in here. coming up on "lock-up: pendleton juvenile," a glimpse into the horrific childhood of jacob shauntee. >> i was taken away from my dad. i was put with my mom. my dad went to prison for ten years for child abuse and attempted murder. >> and -- >> she doesn't want to come here. a lot of kids out there wouldn't make it.
we'll get you a pair of sweatpants, because that way, you won't be wearing that. >> after two long years and a teenager back at their side, adam and his grandparents finally leave pendleton. >> last but not least, michael jones. >> just a few hours later, michael jones and his family also say their good-byes. but back inside the razor wire fences of pendleton juvenile, justin boggess still faces time behind bars. >> i'm a strong believer everything happens for a reason, and i feel that, you know, if i wouldn't have got locked up, i don't know where i would be. i'd either be dead or -- i know for a fact i wouldn't have my ged. now when i get out, i plan on staying away from the gang stuff. i plan on getting a job, you know. i can't really tell how things are going to be until i get out and i carry through with things because i said all this last time i was going to do good, and i wasn't out for two months and i got hit with an armed robbery. >> despite their claims of
going to send him -- >> let him come down, and then i'll give him some one-on-one. i'll see you in a little bit, okay? all right. >> randall sawyer is the charge nurse in pendleton's medical unit. here, staff sees more than 150 offenders a day for everything from daily med distribution to serious offender battery. self-cutting is also no surprise. >> a lot of them will cut on themselves for self-mutilation to relieve the anger. they say it just feels good. and it's sad that they have resulted in that, instead of just coming down here to talk to one of the medical staff. what are you doing in here to yourself? >> nothing. >> you said you punched yourself. >> i hit myself one time. >> what's the purpose? >> i think a lot of the offenders have a lot of anger
they want to be safe. they want organization, that type of thing. >> safety isn't the only concern inside pendleton. education and counseling is also mandatory for release. >> people are having their own problems. this is the time we're going to talk about -- >> across the yard, counselor stephanie roberts is letting offenders in unit d-9 vent. >> because i know you all have issues you'd like to talk about. trust me. i'm your counselor, i know. because you always come running to me. this is our time to get them out. a lot of these kids have longer rap sheets than most adults. they've been in front of the judge 20 times already. everybody has labeled them, you're no good, nothing but a troublemaker. people are scared. people don't want to help them or they have given up on them. so, is there anything you guys want to say to one another? >> i think you guys are doing a lot better as a unit not getting in trouble every day. >> 18-year-old adam cameron has lived on d-9 for six months.
she was going to try to actually have me come home and stay with her, but she doesn't have the money for it. >> out of 12 messages i had today, 7 messages had to do with behavior problems going on in the unit. >> stephanie roberts is a psychiatric social services counselor in pendleton's d-9 unit. over the past week, d-9 has had its share of trouble. >> we've had people battering staff, we've had people urinating under doors. we've had a lot going on. so, i want to see from your guys' perspective what is going on in this unit that is leading to this negative behavior and how can we change it. a lot of them have had lives that you and i would never -- we might not survive through. you know, some of these kids have had to toughen up and be adults since the time they were 8. what does a leadership role mean? okay. >> that you do what's right at all times. >> in front of your back and behind your back. >> do the right thing at the