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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...

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. ...

While some days inside pendleton juvenile can be endless drama for inmates and staff, today brings tension of a different kind. for 18-year-old andrew huff and abel, review hearings to determine if they will be released from prison. >> i got an arson, breaking and entering, and resisting arrest, and i got probation violation for threatening to kill three girls. >> i'm nervous because this determines whether i go home or not. then again, i'm confident i'm going to go home because i haven't been in trouble in a long time. i got future plans to go to college and play football. i got my ged, so ho...

With a marker. because they told me to do that. >> they told you to do it? you didn't choose to do it? >> why don't you have a seat for a minute. >> abel will have to sweat out the decision of the review committee, waiting in a holding cell. coming up on "pendleton juvenile" -- >> why? what was going on in his head when he did it? >> judgment day for abel. >> i guarantee you he will walk out of this facility and the first thing he's going to do is go back to meet up with his gang buddies. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in you...

It was time for dining hall. i informed the kids it's time for dining hall. get your coats and shoes on. walked up to shut the tv off. one of the inmates blind-sided me, hit me in the face. next thing i know, i'm picking myself up off the floor about five feet away. >> the spontaneity of incidents like that, and they tend to come from nowhere. i think it goes back to the core of the person and they have no hope. they truly believe with the soul of every fiber of their being is that their future is to end up in an adult facility. >> the average length of stay is one year for teens inside the wa...