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>> ruby's high school friends are ready to graduate and move on. now ruby is going to leave her new friends behind. >> i'm going to miss you guys. >> don't be sad. >> it's going to be sad. >> i don't want to go yet. just keep talking. i didn't mean to make you cry. >> i was going to cry anyways. >> who's going to be mean to me all around? >> i wasn't mean to you. >> i'm just playing. who am i going to pull around? >> i think people think just because you come here and they tell you, you're not here to make friends, blah, blah, blah. really no one comes in here with the thought of wanting to ma...

Pistol. did you know who pistol pete was? >> yeah, i know who played that ball. >> you got it. good job. what grade in school are you? >> 11. >> you all caught up on your credits? >> yes. i hope i can get out so i can go back to school and get the rest of them. >> can you get back and stay out of trouble? that's the key. >> yeah. i wasn't in trouble while i was there. >> while you're here. >> i'm not in trouble. >> you're not in trouble? okay. what you perceive as doing nothing is probably breaking a law, right? or hurting somebody else. i had this vision of what i could do here. people are te...

Are ready to graduate and move on. now ruby is going to leave her new friends behind. >> i'm going to miss you guys. >> don't be sad. >> it's going to be sad. >> i don't want to go yet. i didn't mean to make you cry. >> i was going to cry anyways. >> who's going to be mean to me all the time? >> i wasn't mean to you. who am i going to pull around? >> i think people think just because you come here and they tell you, you're not here to make friends, blah, blah, blah. really no one comes in here with the thought of wanting to make friends, but some things just happen. >> eight months ago ruby wa...

Week. juvenile conduct report. and it's basically like the worst thing you could get here. one of them was for bringing pictures to school, which was contraband. the other one was for failure to comply. >> though ruby came to juvenile prison resigned to her fate and hopefully to return to high school, the frustration of being sent to prison and spending months locked up eventually took its toll and ruby began acting out. >> i was really upset. i felt like i was going through so much. everyone was just making me mad. i wanted to do whatever i wanted to do. >> now, ruby is being faced once again...

I just started crying. i did not want to be here. >> luckily for ruby, the reality of life in girls' school did not live up to the horrors of her imagination. nevertheless, she's spending her last and most important days of high school incarcerated, something that could haunt her for years to come. >> i thought i was going to be going to mexico for spring break and getting a car. i thought my senior year was going to be my best year ever. not at all. >> while being locked up at girls' school, ruby will be able to earn credits toward her high school diploma. >> we have a regular high school so ...