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Problem is. she has everything. we don't have a problem in the family. we don't have a problem in the house. i mean i do what i think every mother does. i am a little bit strict. but i think it's my obligation because she's my daughter. it's my job to make sure she's okay. >> at girls' school they're allowed family visits daily. today ruby's mother has come to see her for the first time since ruby left lake county, almost six weeks ago. >> my parents could come see me every day where i was at because they lived a few minutes away, but here it's almost a the-hour drive. i haven't seen my mom si...

Runaway a bunch of times because my mom called the cops on me. but i've never run away, ever. parents aren't always right. just because they're parents doesn't make them right. i am completely embarrassed to be here. my friends have never been in anyplace like this. my family has never gone to jail. no one. like right now, i'm an embarrassment to my family, to say the least. >> but upon arriving at juvenile prison, ruby had a lot more on her mind than what people back home were thinking of her. >> the ride here, at first i was kind of nonchalant about it. and then once we actually got to the g...

Almost dead. >> i'm pretty convinced this is my last stop in the system because i see what it's like. this ain't what nobody wants really. you want freedom. that's what you want. ruby herrera did not grow up on the streets or struggle with gangs, but a life of financial privilege hasn't spared her from prison. over the past few years ruby's mother has made a habit of just using the juvenile justice system to discipline her daughter, calling the police seven times to have her arrested. regardless of whether or not the arrests were necessary, ruby's repeated stays at lcjc have finally landed h...

But i've never run away, ever. parents aren't always right. just because they're parents doesn't make them right. i am completely embarrassed to be here. my friends have never been in anyplace like this. my family has never gone to jail. no one. like right now, i'm an embarrassment to my family, to say the least. >> but upon arriving at juvenile prison, ruby had a lot more on her mind than what people back home were thinking of her. >> the ride here, at first i was kind of nonchalant about it. and then once we actually got to the gates and i saw the fenced in place in here, my heart just dropp...

Because i see what it's like. this ain't what nobody wants really. you want freedom. that's what you want. ruby herrera did not grow up on the streets or struggle with gangs, but a life of financial privilege hasn't spared her from prison. over the past few years ruby's mother has made a habit of just -- using the juvenile justice system to discipline her daughter, calling the police seven times to have her arrested. regardless of whether or not the arrests were necessary, ruby's repeated stays at lcjc have finally landed her in indiana girls' school, where she could remain for another 6 to ...