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Gang unit with boggess and 23 of his cellmates. she's all too familiar with the public perception of the teens here. >> these are everyday kids, you know. every kid has issues. theirs might be a little more 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 w...

Let me see what you've done. let me see what you did. jacob! >> why did you do that? >> he's a good kid. >> i got bored. >> so you try to lose fingers because you got bored. >> 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 purpl...

Energy level it takes to manage the day. when we gets kids in our system, it's usually the end result of phenomenal interventions, but the young men and women i have 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 ...

Like, normal. >> you know, i don't come up and ask individually what gang do you belong to, which gang are you affiliated with. because it's not an issue. they act like they're bad boys and so hard and stuff. 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 ...

Ahead for offenders brandyn cox and nathan brady. >> they came and woke us up out of bed and said we were going to seg. we usually know what we did, because we usually go right away. but we didn't do nothing yet. they say we battered somebody but i think they got the wrong 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 j...