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Offenders here, and when you look at their files, someone has committed a sex crime on them and you can't tell me that the 12 or 13-year-old knows really what they're doing, and i think that's why i have such a huge heart for these kids as opposed to adults who have committed a sex offense and they're 50, 60 years old, because they know better. >> are you having any trouble seeing or feel dizzy or anything? >> you have to have a thick skin. you really do. i get called every name under the sun except for my real name, but they're kids. this is their normal, and that's what's so sad to me. this ...

I wasn't out for two months and i got hit with an armed robbery. >> despite their claims of 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 is w...

And my mom, she tries to be there for me, but she really doesn't. 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 tha...

In our juvenile system today are 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 juvenil...

>> of all the offenders behind bars at pendleton juvenile, 19-year-old jacob shauntee is one of the most perplexing for staff. >> every time staff does something, you don't agree with it, this is what you do, you cut or tie or something, don't you? every time. because you just want everything to be fair, right? sorry, buddy. >> get this one right here on top. >> he's done it before, and it's shocking. his nail bed is purple. that's pretty bad. like i said, he's done it before. >> just two weeks ago, officers and medical staff had their hands full with jacob during a meltdown in a time-out cell...