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Teacher that we have on the unit. >> why would they not want you ( to go to school? >> i'm supposed to be working on my ged. he said if i go to that school they will not -- and then the white student said, bring him in. >> so he was pulling the race card and was wanting her -- he wanted her attention right then and there and she wasn't able to give it to him right then and there and so he was willing to act out. >> so we're hungry and de1%9 some racial tension. >> racism. >> racism and the teacher won't let you get educated. >> yes. >> but what was the first established point of interest here?...

Solution for madden military officers rick johnson, dwayne cooley and john mercer, have their hands full interviewing other offenders who want a shot at being in the future soldier program. >> cite the pledge. >> i pledge of allegiance -- >> 150 of pendleton's 300 inmates applied. currently, there's only room for three more. >> it's a tight unit. we have to be very careful who we let into the unit. today is the selection interview process. we're going to do our best to screen out any people that might be detrimental to good order and discipline in the unit because we have to protect that. >> w...

>> why aren't you wearing your jump boots? >> they are on the unit, sir. >> but that still doesn't answer my question. why aren't they on your feet? >> they were in the process of being shined when i got called down here. >> did you get in a fight recently? >> yes, sir. >> tell us about that fight. >> i guess i decided to be a little vigilante. me and castro got into it. he started going off and calling him goof and saying f this, f that. and i guess i decided to take it on and i wasn't handling it right. >> what you tried to do sounds good. you had a good reason for trying to do something pos...

>> i'm done with the little hood rates scenario. it's time to be a man. >> left. >> back into the front. take to the rear. >> back into the front. take two the rear. >> that's how we do it in here. >> one unit! >> to go back in. say good-bye to my old buddies. it will be the last time that i see most of them. aisle i might see some of them again, but i'm glad to leave. three years is a long time to be locked up. i've changed myself. so i mean i'm out of here. >> what time do you go home today, john? >> 12:00, sir. >> after spending nearly all of his teenaged years in detention centers in locku...

Down a little bit. because i'm pretty irritable when i'm hungry. >> if i can go work on my ged. >> so you want to work on your ged. if we're not going to school to do it and we can look at doing that today, what can we do today to work on the ged here? >> i need to get out of my room. >> so really -- so really it's not about the g.e.d. right now, you're getting a little stir crazy. you're stir crazy. need a little space? >> yeah. >> let me talk to some people and if we get you to agree to work on the ged today and chill out in the behavior and maybe work out something different for tomorrow. >...