get down, kevin! >> he's always been in since i was a little kid. i just waited to get out of here. i just want to leave. >> i slip up. teenagers slip up, you know? >> it is hard to be in here alone. i'm still a kid, too. every time i turn around, i hear things. >> i think she's too understand to understand what's in her best interest and the court needs to step in to assist her.

>> stand up. stand up! >> you going to play with me? >> i give up. >> all right. >> sometimes we need guidance in our life. and we need the parents to be there for us when we need them the most. it just hurts. >> 16-year-old kevin has been at lake county juvenile for three months. it's been a long detainment and

not his first. >> this is my sixth charge. two true encys, criminal trespassing, run away, burglary and this charge was only battery. and my mom was arguing and her boyfriend was kind of drinking. he started laughing at me. he thought something was funny. so i reached over my mom and i swung at him. the cops came and my mom said please press charges. i just want him to learn his lesson. i pleaded guilty to my charge. the judge, he had to think about it. he didn't really know what to do. so i'm still here. >> it takes time for the juvenile courts to figure out how to best handle each individual case. and in kevin's situation, available beds at placement facilities are hard to come by. >> being here for all them days, it gets to you after a while. especially when you got your mom, it's all real hard. >> in the juvenile court, i

think if we have any indicator of what's going to happen in someone's life is looking first at the family and how supportive or not, how healthy or not is the family? i mean without family involvement and support, kids are never going to be successful. >> for years, msnbc has been documenting the tragic stories that unfold in america's juvenile justice system. access from the indiana supreme court, we've been allowed to take our cameras inside a world where they are by law generally forbidden. >> they prepare to process yet another juvenile. this time a 17-year-old arriving at the detention center. >> what is she running away

from? >> she ran away from her mother's house. but she's denying run ago way and saying she was at her grandmother's house with her baby because her mother kicked her out. and that she went home for something and then her mother called the police. so we'll find out. >> unlock door. >> come on out. >> i'm upset because i'm back here again. but this time it's a misunderstanding. when i was 14, the first time i run away, my mom was going to whoop me for something i didn't do. i couldn't take it no more. i started running away, fighting her. and she is going wow. nobody was paying attention to me. >> do you remember the process? >> yes. >> you know you were referred here for run away. did you have any problems up until recently? >> my mom said if i couldn't abide by the rules, i had to leave. and now i'm staying with my god mom. >> and your mother approved

this? >> yes. >> i don't understand why you're arrested. >> i've been doing good for a year now. and after i had my baby, it's the first time i slipped up. but i didn't do anything wrong. it was just lack of communication. >> i'm going to call your mother from here. are you going to want to talk to her? you do want to talk to her. >> decades of research shows peer pressure and family turmoil are the two biggest stressors that lead to juvenile delinquency. for her, her relationship with her mom never lives up to what either one of them expect. >> elizabeth, this is lake county juvenile center. she wants to speak to you. >> yeah, i should have called somebody and let you know i was okay. but i was doing good. i'm doing good. >> you're not doing good. you are partying and not coming back, you need to be

responsible. you won't go on the birth control pill. you're not doing anything i ask. and now because you are locked up, you want to make faith. >> that's not true. i was making changes before this even happened. >> you can't make changes now. >> okay, i slipped up, i know that. >> how long are you going to be in this slipup mode? no, you're gonna stay there. >> being arrested on a friday means she'll be detained until she can see a judge on monday. a weekend in juvenile is more than enough for any young person. but when days stretch into weeks, the stress and lonliness of lockup can create volatile situations. the command center receives a call about an offender possessing dangerous contraband. >> she pulled a screw out of the desk, that long bolt. it is an eight or ten inch bolt. >> you always going to be alert

and watching everything they do. >> take him as he is. we'll wrap him up and go. >> typically if there is a code, nine times out of ten, you know it's coming. you're not always a mind reader. you know it's coming. this kid is angry. he is snapping off on everybody. and so when you hear the code, it's like i bet it's so and so. >> i tried to establish a pretty good rapport with our problematic kids so that hopefully upon my arrival i'm able to talk to them. >> step back. step back. step back, kevin. was your problem? >> kneel down. >> hell no. >> kneel down. >> so she didn't leave the house without your permission, did she? ve teamed up to bring you a low-priced

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>> you are tripping. >> kneel down. >> hell no, man. >> kneel down, kevin. >> get off me. >> you're wrong. >> stop it. code echo. >> come on. code green is general emergency. >> there is a situation. for the safety of the kid and for the safety of the staff. >> get off! >> we asked you to do it the easy way. the frustrating thing about a code green, you have no idea what you're going into. >> you want to do this hard way?

>> it's our responsibility to keep our kids safe. we're going to do whatever we got to do to keep the child safe. and we do that with maximum numbers. >> come on! >> give it to me. >> he got it. get up. need clothes? >> we got him. stand up. stand up, kevin. stand up. >> he just had this bolt. he's been threatening he is going to hurt the first staff that comes into the room or the other residents that may come after him. he's been here for a while. and that starts to get to them, too. if you know the outcome of whatever's going to happen you to, there's a sense of peace in that. i'm either going to get home or go to placement. when you have no idea what is

going to happen to you, you start to go crazy. >> you had your chance, kevin. >> it's impossible to assess the kids who wind up in juvenile without taking a careful look at their enr every day environments. that starts with family and home. >> i'm from chicago. and it's a lot of gang bang shooting going on. you see it up close and personal and stuff. so i had to grow up early and just experience a lot of stuff. so i know how it is. >> i got one more weekend. i'm not doing nothing else. nothing. >> i used to be horrible. i didn't care about nothing. but, i mean, i didn't even do nothing. >> and at the same time i'm like my god, i miss my baby. i'm so emotional.

i miss my baby. >> it's hard being a 17-year-old mom because i'm still a kid, too. and i never been away from her like this. never. it's hard. every time i turn around i see her face. i want to see her face. i hate being here. >> just two more days. >> now that i'm a teen mother, partying's got to stop. i got to think more. like, yeah, i can spend time by myself or whatever. but just next time make sure that i call someone to checkup on them. >> the longer a teen is locked

up alone in juvenile, the more desperate he becomes. most kids can at least look forward to parental visitations to comfort them during detainment. but kevin's mom says her work schedule and transportation issues prevent her from seeing her son. now kevin is at the breaking point. >> i'll kill myself. >> whoa. >> i'll be there and jump off the sink. >> all right. >> kevin is being transferred to the high security wing of lcjc where staff can hopefully calm him down and keep closer tabs on his behavior. >> i got him. >> kevin's threats of suicide mean he will be placed on around the clock watch and wear only a paper blanket for his own safety.

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17-year-old kymata is meeting with her attorney to discuss their strategy for court. don knows her case was tough. it was her own mother that had her arrested by calling police and claiming she ran away from home. >> i want to take a few minutes to get a sense of what we need to do to accomplish what i anticipate is your desire to go home. >> yes. >> okay. >> so one of the things that particularly concerns me is not too long ago you had a very similar charge, a charge of running away, right?

>> yeah, but this time it was a misunderstanding. >> okay. but how do we explain when the judge asks you now we're here again. what's different this time? >> it was a misunderstanding because at this time i don't stay with my mom. i stay with my god mom. so that's why i was hurt and confused. why would she make this as a run away and i'm not a run away. i just needed some time to myself because being a teen mother, that's hard. i told the police, i'm like it was getting late. she was getting cranky. she gets irritated. i just don't know what to do. i thought i was going to lose it. so i just took her to a safe place, to her grandmother's house. i just dealt with it the best way i could. so i won't do anything stupid. i slip up. teenagers slip up, you know, but i'm not a bad child anymore. >> okay. >> so we not only have to convince the judge, we have to convince your mother.

my hope is a lot of the love you have for your mother will come through and that will resonate with your mother tomorrow. frankly, my big concern is convincing your mother that it's time for you to go home. >> many times there are parents who get on the stapd and say i cannot take my child home with me. and if that's the case, there's very little that i can advocate that's going to change that. tonight when you're thinking about court tomorrow, i want you to think about the relationship you have with your daughter and what it would mean to you as a mother to have your daughter some day leave and not know where she is. part of what i do as a defense lawyer in these cases is trying to elicit testimony that a parent in the background can hear and maybe influence and change how steadfast they are with the decision that their child should not come home. there you go. >> with an average daily population of 70 boys and girls, it's impossible for staff at

lcjc to give kids the one-on-one attention so many crave. in some cases, that hunger leads to desperation. >> get out, kevin! >> get away from me! >> kevin is a very angry young man. he said he was going to kill himself. once we shut the door, he stood up on the sink implying he was going to jump off it head first to harm himself. >> i want to get out of here. >> and that's not going to happen the way you're bee hafrg. >> i didn't even do nothing! >> kevin, do you think is going to get you out of here? you're the one that wants to leave here. you're the one throwing the fit because you're in here. why would they put you out of here if you're going to act like this? now stop. >> he's becoming very angry and disgruntled. he thinks acting out is going to get him out of here. and that's not going to work. you know better, kevin.

>> i'm tired. i understand that, kevin. i understand that. and i know that's what's got you really worked up. kevin, chill out. behave yourself. i'll give you a phone call. all right? will you do that? >> yes. >> all right. nobody wants to have to be physical. you don't want to restrain a kid if you don't have to. if i can get to them through communicating with them verbally and sitting down and talk to them, you know, i'd much prefer that. hold on. let me give you your mat. i'm taking you at your word. >> it's battery charge. i didn't know it was going to be this severe. i got put under advisement. advisement means that whenever the judge feels he's ready to come up with a decision to send me somewhere that he'll do it. but until then, i got to sit waiting and i'm just another number. >> i'm counting on you to help me. i don't have my mom and nobody to talk to. i'm angry. >> being here is just gets you

to after a while. especially when you don't have your mom and dad. it just hurts. >> i feel like everything is going away. my dad is in prison. >> i know. i held your dad. your dad was here with me. i know. i had your brother. and now i've got you. don't continue the same pattern. >> anger has always been in me since i was a little kid. it started when i was 6 or 7. it was when my dad went to prison. i was real close to my dad. and then losing him for a couple years is just kind of set me off. >> all this anger that is building up in me, i just can't figure out a way to let it out. >> and then my mom having her boyfriends and stuff like that, i didn't want them around because they weren't my dad.

>> look at you. look at your little brother. show him the right way. you can do it. you can do it. but you got to want to do it, kevin. you got to want to do it. don't end up like your dad. >> are you guys going to give me a phone call? >> yes, i'll give you a phone call. >> i want to talk to my mom and ask her to come visit me. >> kids out there, half of us we can do something with our life. i want to do something with my life. ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ >> is that a habit of yours to

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16-year-old kevin is close to that limit. after months behind bars and just one family visit, the depths of kevin's despair resulted in a tense situation for everyone involved. >> it was a rush. like it just came like that. and everything just started shaking to me. and i didn't want to give up. i was just being stupid. i would never kill myself. i have a lot to live for. it's just all an act. i'm trying to get attention. >> after his safety was secured, jamie spoke with kevin to get to the root of his distress and anger. and sfit hdespite his rebelliou behavior the day before, jamie makes good on her promise of a phone call. >> nine times out of ten when they're angry like that, it's not the issue at hand, it's something else. he was pending placement. he was upset.

he was scared. you know, so what does he do? he goes off and starts tearing up my room and everything else to get the attention. but when it's all said and done, ultimately can i talk to my mom? >> we'll try tomorrow, kevin. all right? we'll try tomorrow. listen, don't get all worked up. we'll keep trying. all right? you're going to be all right. >> i just want to talk to my mother. >> ni know. my mom came to visit me one time. she promised she would visit me every weekend. but she doesn't come. >> you have to keep it together, kevin. okay? you got to keep it together. you got to. you don't have a choice. >> i just feel like breaking down. my mom, she really wants the best for me.

but at the same time, how i can get the best out of something if she's not going to be there to talk to me about it. all right? wrap the blanket around you. >> i just waited for that day to get out of here. i just want to leave. >> family involvement from one case to another can vary greatly in the juvenile justice system. while kevin struggles with what lies ahead, kymata has her day in court where she's convinced she'll set the record straight with her mom. >> stand up to somebody. you're not lying. >> i'm not nervous at all. because it was just a misunderstanding. the judge wants to talk to my mom. once she hear my side of the story and she'll know where i'm coming from, she'll understand, too, and so will everybody in the courtroom. >> good morning. how are you doing?

ready for court? right this way, please. >> hopefully i'll go home and i'll be with my baby. right this way. >> i'm just going to explain myself from the beginning to the end and leave no parts out because it's two sides to the story. >> this young lady is charged with run away, is that right? >> correct. >> have a seat up here, please. >> your charged with running away. tell us what happened. >> well, monday me and my boyfriend and my cousin had the baby and we was out all night. we didn't call nobody. i think tuesday i dropped my daughter off at her grandmother's house because i was getting agitated with her. this is the first time getting agitated. so i -- >> did she stay with your mother? >> it was my daughter.

she was cranky. so we were out late. i just needed some me time away from the baby, away from everything. after that, we didn't call nobody or let them know we was okay. so, of course, they're going to make them reports because they didn't know where we were at or i didn't call anybody. >> since i think a large part of what the outcome to have day's hearing is likely to be is going to involve what your mother has to say. do you have anything you want to say to her to influence her decision as to whether or not she thinks you should come home with her today? >> well, being disrespectful, cussing you out when we get into it, i know i do it. everybody does it. but this time i really have changed. yes, i slipped up. but it's not like i'm continuing to do the same things i was doing when i was 14 years old.

so i have been making progress. >> okay. judge, that's all i have. >> where have you been with that baby all night? >> over at my cousin's house. we spent the night over there because it was late. >> is that a has been it of yours? to take this baby and drop it off in different places? >> no. that is not a habit, no. >> how old is your boyfriend? >> he's 18. >> is he in school? >> no, ma'am. >> are you seeing a pattern here? you're not detecting a pattern of doing things in your life that isn't in your best interest? >> but i can't look at what he's doing. i have to do for me. yeah, we're going together. but people going to do what they want to do. >> i have no further questions, judge. >> all right. you may have a seat back there. next witness. >> judge, i'm going to call kim foster to the stand. so the court can get at least a better understanding of who your

daughter is, tell us about your daughter. >> she's always had issues. i've always tried to address those issues through doing and being the best mom i possibly could. unfortunately she needs more attention than i can give her because me and my husband both work, to the point where we are now, it's starting with being disrespectful with me. after that, we lay down the law. either you abide by our rules or you need to go somewhere else. she chose to go and be with her godmother. fine. i know where you're at. you're safe. we'll work this out. >> you were okay with that. in fact, you presented her with that as an option? >> exactly. i trusted that person. i knew she would be safe with that person. >> so she didn't leave the house without your permission, did she? >> today the court is considering two difficult cases.

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discovered in her 26 years in juvenile justice is that there is never a playbook whether parents and kids face off in court. >> you can sentence someone to death. you can sentence someone to life in prison. but to figure out how to put a family back together in about 30 minutes after you read the reports of a certain pattern of behavior that has gone on for years is a very tricky thing to do a very important thing to do and, wow, the impact we can have if we get it right. >> she is charged with running away. although she's told the judge her side of the story, her mother has yet to establish why she turned her daughter over to the police. >> she chose to go and be with her godmother. >> okay. so she didn't leave the house without your permission, did she? >> no, she didn't. because i gave her an option. awe bide by the rules or you can go. >> and then at some point you called the police and reported her as a run away. >> okay, now, she didn't call.

she didn't check in. she didn't do anything. so the same pattern with me she did with the godmother. and i knew then that they were just on the run. she is drinking, smoking, partying, having a good time. so now i need to step in. i have to do something to keep her safe along with keeping the baby safe. so i put in a missing person's report. i want it to stop. i want her to go to school so that when she gets out into society she won't be another statistic. she won't have a child who i have to take care of because i want her to raise her own daughter. >> miss foster, would you be willing to take your daughter home if the court provides supervision? >> i don't believe it will be successful. >> first of all, you talked about that you were disrespectful and you cussed your mother out. you said everybody does it. i have news for you, sweetie. not everybody cusses their

parent out. okay? that's first and foremost. secondly, you going out and taking your baby and staying out all night and you needed some me time. i got news for you about that. when you decide to have a baby, there is no more me time. the me time goes out the window when you decide to have a baby. i agree with your mother, you can't be bringing a boy into the house because you're just going to get pregnant again which leads me to my next point. do you use birth control? >> i get the shot. >> your mother is shaking her head know? >> i tried. i even took her to the clinic. >> i didn't want to take it in the first place. >> all right. do you think he need to have another baby? >> no, i do not. >> so what are you going to do about birth control? >> i might as well go ahead and take the shot then. >> anything else? >> kids are having sex. i think as a nation we need to really look at kids having kids. somebody's got to stop it. i'm not saying i can do it single-handedly. someone has to talk to children. there is abstinence.

but if you're going to have sex, there are condoms and all other forms of birth control. let's try to be as responsible as we can. >> judge, i think that in her youth is a very selfish person. and i think we're seeing that and hearing that today. what i haven't heard today in here at all is i miss my baby. i want to go home. i think kymata is going to keep doing what she wants to do. i think she's too young to understand what's in her best interest and the court needs to step in to assist her. >> judge, she says she wants to go home. she swears she's going to do we are. i agree we've all heard that before. i just ask the court consider the available options the court has given the fact that we're dealing with two children, not just one. >> thank you. >> it seems unlikely that her side of the story has convinced the judge to drop the charge. her attorney is hoping the judge will at least consider a ruling

that allows her to go home while the court weighs its options. it's still unclear if her mother will consent to that arrangement. >> today what the court will do is find probable cause to believe this young lady is in need of services. that no matter where she's placed, she needs to be provided parenting classes, she begin the process of working on her ged. if the parents decide not to take her home with them, i order she be placed on or before 4:00 p.m. at an alternative house and they'll provide the services. last but not least, i'm going to order individual and family counseling. this hearing is adjourned, thank you. >> okay. i'll be in touch with you and let you know what they decide. okay? >> let me talk to you guys outside.

>> unlike her mother, her stepfather believes that placement outside the home may not be in her best interest. the fosters have been taking care of their granddaughter while she's been locked up. but attorney don republic knows some tough decisions need to be made. >> there are two options really. is that 4:00 today she's going to go to a home. obviously, there is a lot of structure like you were talking about. or she could go home and be released to you today with the list of interventions and services that the court set. >> we're still options. >> they're talking about it now. i know deep inside with my dad's help that i'll be going home and be placed on house arrest. >> as her mother, what is best for her? >> best for her? >> as her parents struggle with their decision, jamie pays kevin a second visit since yesterday's

incident. but this time she brings good news. >> kevin is going to placement finally after being with me for quite some time now. he's quite happy about it. and i hope that it's positive sherns and we won't be hearing of kevin anymore. >> it's a real good placement. it's a campus. i'll be going to school all year round. i'm probably going to be there nine months to a year. the goal there is to get us on the right path. >> it feels like forever. >> i'm sure it does. this is a temporary hurdle. you can get over it and make it through it. >> i had to talk to one of the guys. he told me that as long as i stay on the right track and get my grades up and all that, i will be going home.

>> hi. come on out here, i'll talk to you out here. unfortunately your mom said that you need a lot of structure right now and your history of breaking the rules is something that's not likely to change. so the court ordered that you be placed at the alternative house gary at 4:00. so until maybe some counseling and things can take place between you and your mother, you know, while you're still under age, you can't go to your mother. you're going to have to be in placement. >> that's crazy. >> okay. hang in there. hang in there. >> it may help. it may not help. i can't allow her just to get with it. and she's just saying these

things because she is in trouble. and that's just the pattern. that's been the pattern. so this is the beginning. this is a start. >> do you have everything? >> good to go. >> we need you to sign out. >> even though kevin will be away from home, this time he won't be away from family. after the court's lengthy search for a facility that can handle his needs, it turns out kevin is going to the same placement that his younger brother has been attending for the past six months. >> okay, kevin. take care. >> you, too. >> best of luck to you. >> my little brother has been there since january. hopefully my mom is there for me when i get out this time and she'll come visit me in placement and all that. >> all right. >> take care. >> good-bye. >> good luck to you.

>> kevin definitely has potential. if he can really search his heart and want to make the changes, i believe he can do so. but it's truly up to him. i hope he's successful. that's all i can do. >> while kevin is excited to go to placement, for kymata, being sent to a placement facility means separation from her daughter. but her story does not end here. >> that statement that you said hurt me really bad because --

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after two weeks of placement at a local facility, kymata gets surprising news. during her absence from home, her mother and stepfather

reached a new decision regarding her placement. and requested a second detention hearing. so kymata finds herself back in juvenile court. >> mother and kymata met and they believe it's in her and her interest to have the daughter released to the mother today. >> miss foster, you indicated you felt you really couldn't commit to taking her home with you. tell us what's happened since then? >> during that short time, i have made phone calls, done some research and moved around schedules so that there could be someone in the home because i felt it was the best interest of kymata along with the family and her daughter to be more at home. >> why did you do all of those things and make all of those changes? >> because i love my daughter. >> have you met with her or talked with her since she's been away? >> yes, i have. >> tell me about that. >> she understands that it was her behavior that put her in sh situation. she has some maturing to do.

but other than that, she's been fine. she needs to raise her baby. that's her baby. that's her responsibility along with being a productive adult. and i believe being at home along with the structure of the court and any provisions made to help her will achieve those. >> that's all the questions, judge. >> i'd like to say one thing. >> go ahead. >> from the statement that the lady, i don't know your name, about my baby. >> what i haven't heard today in here at all is i miss my baby. i want to go home. i want to be with my baby. i haven't heard any of that. >> i felt very, very bad on that statement that you said and it hurt me really bad because i do love my baby a lot. and there's a lot of girls my ages don't care about hir baby and just go out and do whatever. but i have a child and i love

her. i have progress the a lot. i really do love my baby. yes, i know i was wrong. and i will love to go home and start over again. because i know i can see. that's all. i just wanted to add. >> i just want her to understand my concern is always for the baby. she's a helpless individual. if you're acting out of her concern first and foremost, that's the only thing i want to see happen. so if even my comments make you do that, then i've accomplished what i want. >> anything else? >> judge, i think she has done what we hope happens when somebody is not released home to their parent and that's that they think not just about what they did but what the people in this courtroom told her. the structure is in place at home. she's ready to take responsibility for herself and her child. and the court should reconsiderate this point releasing her to her mother today. >> i think for her and for a lot of kids her age, it's growing pains and we just have to figure

out how to help her get through that. today what the court will do is grant your request and order she be released and returned to your custody. and i'll order she has individual and family counseling to resolve the issues that are obvious from the last hearing so that we don't find ourselves back here again. all right? i'll order that you be released to your mother. this hearing is adjourned. good luck. >> going home. appreciate it. thank you. >> man, super, super, super happy. too happy. just planning to get home to my baby. that's on my mind. focus on my life. >> i that i probably the two weeks away in a placement facility gave her additional time to think about it. two weeks is a long time to be away from your baby. i think there's probably been some life changes going on and the mother went to the lengths of changing the work schedules

which is commendable. they're a decent family going through some bumps in the road. it looks like they're on the way to smoothing those out. >> yeah, get to go home. where's your baby? >> her grandma. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> i have learned. i just did a complete change. put my baby first. focus on my education, get my ged. >> you'll do just fine. >> it's going to be a challenge. it's in the best interest of the baby along with kymata. hopefully she'll work the program and won't be back in here. it's still up to her. she still has to work it.