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 the door right now and i wouldn t have any idea that was him. and my mom, she tries to be there for me, but she really doesn t.
they act like they re bad boys and so hard and stuff. they want to be safe. they want organization, that type of thing. safety isn t the only concern inside pendleton. education and counseling is also mandatory for release. people are having their own problems. this is the time we re going to talk about across the yard, counselor stephanie roberts is letting offenders in unit d-9 vent. because i know you all have issues you d like to talk about. trust me. i m your counselor, i know. because you always come running to me. this is our time to get them out. a lot of these kids have longer rap sheets than most adults. they ve been in front of the judge 20 times already. everybody has labeled them, you re no good, nothing but a troublemaker. people are scared. people don t want to help them or they have given up on them. so, is there anything you guys want to say to one another? i think you guys are doing a lot better as a unit not getting in trouble every day. 18-year-old ada
do the right thing at the right time for the right reasons. fortunately for cameron, he s scheduled to go home in one week. like many kids here, he will be released to the custody of his grandparents. they re very important to me. they re like my mom and dad actually. they have had me since i was 8 1/2 months old. they feel like they failed. they tried to raise me, but i just sometimes i even told them sometimes they just tried too hard. coming up on lock-up pendleton juvenile, two loving grandparents intention on release day. will adam cameron live up to his word? well, go try. i did try! another emergency brings jacob shauntee back to the medical unit. every time staff does something and you don t agree with it, it s what you do, isn t it? and two offenders remain locked down as an investigation continues into their alleged attacks.
they want to be safe. they want organization, that type of thing. safety isn t the only concern inside pendleton. education and counseling is also mandatory for release. people are having their own problems. this is the time we re going to talk about across the yard, counselor stephanie roberts is letting offenders in unit d-9 vent. because i know you all have issues you d like to talk about. trust me. i m your counselor, i know. because you always come running to me. this is our time to get them out. a lot of these kids have longer rap sheets than most adults. they ve been in front of the judge 20 times already. everybody has labeled them, you re no good, nothing but a troublemaker. people are scared. people don t want to help them or they have given up on them. so, is there anything you guys want to say to one another? i think you guys are doing a lot better as a unit not getting in trouble every day. 18-year-old adam cameron has lived on d-9 for six months.
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 the door right now and i wouldn t have any idea that was him. and my mom, she tries to be there for me, but she really doesn t.