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>> i banged before. i have been on the streets before. i'm from stockton. i done did it before, all of it. everything you guys say you did, everything you guys think that you didn't did that we ain't did, we did it. >> it's really just about us not scolding the kids. it's not a scared straight. but we try to give you the communication part like look, man, this is what i did, this is what it got me. this is the trophy that i was trying to earn. is this what you want to earn? most kids they don't. do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the ya...

Correctly? >> clayton i think you raise some good points. yes, i think he is, in a sense, pointing to a system that's not supporting him in terms of try to get his daughter to behave differently to stop stealing to stop lying and to follow his rules. but, he is not neglecting his responsibility. he stepped up, took a drastic measure. used what he called tough love tough justice to try to shame her publicly in to changing her behavior. maybe it will work. maybe it won't. >> he will with, i mean his argument is that when we go into these detention facilities. you have seen "scared straight." pri...

Addiction. i'm very sorry about your loss. >> thank you. >> do you know anything about how your son was introduced to the drug, and how did you find out? >> well, it was much later when i found out, but it was freshman year summer of high school. >> as a freshman? ninth grade? >> yes. he was around with a bunch of friends. he was offered to smoke marijuana. he was going to walk away from it, but last minute he decided and gave in. maybe due to peer pressure. he tried it and he liked it. from there on, he continued to smoke daily, which led him to doing other things such as cocaine, magic mushr...

I done did it before. all of it. everything you guys say you did, everything you guys think that you done did that we ain't did, we did it. it's really just about us not scolding the kids. it's not a scared straight. but we try to give you the communication part like, look, man, this is what i did. and this is what it got me. like this is the trophy that i was trying to earn. is this what you want to earn? and most kids, they don't. do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the yard? stand up. let me see how tall you are. this was me. >> you w...

Everything you guys think that you done did that we ain't did, we did it. it's really just about us not scolding the kids. it's not a scared straight. but we try to give you the communication part like, look, man, this is what i did. and this is what it got me. like this is the trophy that i was trying to earn. is this what you want to earn? and most kids, they don't. do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the yard? stand up. let me see how tall you are. this was me. >> you was my size? >> this was me when i came to prison. they're 15 and t...