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For myself and i made the decision on my own. i came here by myself and i wasn't going to leave by myself. >> after hours of interviews and debate the team has narrowed its search but there's no guarantee all three spots will be filled. >> i could see him doing good on this unit. i'm concerned about a lot of the manipulation that's in his background. >> you look at the pool of recruits that we have, you know general recruiter on the outside, you know they go to high schools and recruit. we go to general population and recruit. a lot of guys are coming to e-15 they really want to improve themse...

♪ >> five to the front, six to the rear. ♪ that's how we do it in here >> one sound. >> one unit. >> i'm about to go back in. say good-bye to my old buddies that i've made since i've been here. it will be the last time that i see most of them. i might see some of them again. but i'm glad to leave. three years is a long time to be locked up. i mean, 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 his teenage years in detention centers and lock-ups like pendleton, 18-year-old john madden is about to be a fre...

Has one final step. passing his release interview with the pendleton staff. that's about to get a whole lot harder than he thought. >> is that your uniform? >> yes, sir. >> 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 t...

If we bring you back over here, are you going to batter somebody else on our unit? >> well, you might see me trying to make an excuse, but i don't have any problems with nobody over here. and that's my word. >> okay. >> it's a real good group of guys that we've got over there. working on team-building right now and it's coming along nice. >> it doesn't matter whether you get on this unit or not, eventually you'll have to learn how to handle your anger without fighting. whether it's here or in 14, go wherever. examine and once you do that, it's not going to matter what unit you're in and you'll...

>> 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. >> yeah. >> they are kids. so you know even though they do commit crimes and some of them are vio...