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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 progra...

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 went to prison for ten years for child abuse and attempted murder. >> and -- >> she doesn't want to come here. a...

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 earring? >> 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 is their normal...

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...

>> 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. ...