one challenge is the sheer energy level it takes to manage the day. when we gets kids in our system, it s usually the end result of phenomenal interventions, but the young men and women i have in our juvenile system today are here because they have threatened the fabric of public safety. it was a different set of problems that landed 18-year-old adam cameron in pendleton. my biggest problem in life is just stealing things, touching things that don t belong to me. grand theft auto. stolen stuff. it started when i met a girl when i was 13. then i started running away, got in a gang, and went on from there. the gang had me do things. if you want to actually put your chairs in a circle, i d appreciate it. cameron never thought his sticky fingers would lead to time in juvenile prison. he s had two long years to think about his past. it s not his trouble-making days he talks about the most.
phenomenal interventions, but the young men and women i have in our juvenile system today are here because they have threatened the fabric of public safety. it was a different set of problems that landed 18-year-old adam cameron in pendleton. my biggest problem in life is just stealing things, touching things that don t belong to me. grand theft auto. stolen stuff. it started when i met a girl when i was 13. then i started running away, got in a gang, and went on from there. the gang had me do things. if you want to actually put your chairs in a circle, i d appreciate it. cameron never thought his sticky fingers would lead to time in juvenile prison. he s had two long years to think about his past. it s not his trouble-making days he talks about the most. my dad, he could walk through
to keep this kid from ending up in the adult system, but you don t ever give up because you just never know when something might click with somebody. you have to follow instructions. you don t follow instructions, when you get released, you will come right back in here. as a matter of fact, you re 18 19. 19? you will be across the street to adult. i ain t coming back. but if you don t start following instructions, you will. contract with me that you won t self-harm yourself anymore, okay? did you learn something from this experience? follow instruction? yeah. follow instructions. always keeps you out of trouble. with over 300 teens behind bars, the challenges inside a maximum security juvenile facility can run the gamut. one challenge is the sheer energy level it takes to manage the day. when we gets kids in our system, it s usually the end result of phenomenal interventions, but the young men and women i have in our juvenile system today are here because they h
crime under federal law. so yes, there are potential federal charges. how do you defend a probationer who s violated their probation? it s a different tactic. in many cases, criminal defense attorneys appearing in court on a probation violation are essentially making the argument please be nice. don t hurt me too bad, judge. a whole lot of background and backage, this case. it does, but remember, we are still talking about a defendant who is in juvenile court in the juvenile system where the primary object is treatment, rehabilitation, supervision. now, texas, i will say, in the last few years, texas people were not happy with the fact that you had a juvenile system and an adult system. so they have sort of a blended system now which allows for a juvenile to be transferred or sort of eased into the adult system and punished like an adult for adultlike crimes. so we are moving away from this juvenile model where no matter what, if you re under a certain age, you cannot be punish
juvenile system and into adult courts. prosecutors say couch isn t likely to face significant jail time for violating the terms of his probation. if he stays in the juvenile court, the maximum sentence he could receive is incarceration in a juvenile facility until he turns 19, which is april the 11th of 2016. that is not enough. when tonya couch returns to the united states, she will face that felony charge of interfering with the apprehension of a fugitive. she faces up to ten years in prison. and meanwhile, prosecutors are still trying to figure out just exactly what to do with ethan couch. the hearing to determine whether or not his case and his custody will be transferred from a juvenile system to the adult system isn t scheduled to be heard until january of next year. ed lavendera, cnn, ft. worth, texas.