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There's no doubt about it. >> one, two. >> one unit. >> unfortunately for madden, though, going straight into the military is no longer an option. superintendent mike dempsey's plan to release him directly from pendleton into the navy wasn't as easy as he had hoped. >> for the navy to pursue him, he needs to be out of department of corrections for 30 days. so what we need to do is get him out of here, get him home for 30 days and then he can go in and he can take his physical. so that's the next hurdle for him. >> despite going back to his old neighborhood, madden is determined to stay away fr...

If you was to be caught talking, the whole room gets up and does p.t. >> p.t.? >> physical training. >> would you have any problems with that? >> no, sir. >> how are you going to be able to handle taking direction and orders from other guys in your position? >> well, sir, i would think to myself if i listen to them then maybe one day i'll be able to get up there and be able to be the one. >> great answer. >> even though this offender has all the right answers, the decision to accept him into the unit is complicated. >> these juveniles come from horrible backgrounds. i tend not judge them but w...

Trouble. >> as the interviews continue a familiar face walks through the door. >> pick your head up, man. >> i'm trying, you know. >> don't be nervous. you know us all. >> this impulsive teen was kicked out of the program once before. >> why do you want to come back to the unit? >> i can't do anything positive because of my actions and just getting mad all of the time. i was never mad over here. i just didn't feel that i was really ready to be over here. >> then why did you get taken off the unit? >> i battered somebody. >> why did you batter him? >> i heard some stuff that he did about me so ...

For offenders and staff. when both are pushed to the limit, pendleton's care team is called into action. >> the care team is about trying to bring down the number of physical forces. and it's actually brought them down. every day different people are assigned to it. today we're both on the care team. whatever the situation is, you go to where they call you and talk to the kid and kind of deescalate it so it doesn't go into the whole physical force and stuff like that. >> who do i got? >> okay, what's that? >> i'm the biggest threat to this mother [ bleep ]. >> okay, so we've established that. ...

>> recite the pledge. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag -- >> 150 of pendleton's 300 inmates have applied for the unit. 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. >> why are you requesting to join e-15? >> i would like to get away from negative peers. a lot of negative peers on the unit i'm on now. so i know that if i come her...