same body from another state. according to the u.s. senate and historical officer, that thing that scott brown is trying to do has only been done twice in u.s. history and not since the 1870s. today scott brown took the first steps towards trying to pull it off. he has less than eight months to do it from the internet and a whole lot of work. well, that does it for us tonight. rachel will be back here on monday. if you want to follow me on twitter, now, as rachel would say, well, you got to go to prison. good night. >> it's always been in me since i was a little kid. i waited to get out of here. i wanted to leave. >> i slipped up. teenagers slip up, you know, it is hard, because i'm stale kid, too. >> every time i turn around,

it's because i'm here. >> i think she's too young to understand what's in her best interest and the court need to step into assist her. [ music playing [ music playing ] . >> oh, all right. >> oh. >> i'm going to be naked. i'll jump off. >> all right.

>> sometimes we need guidance in our life. we need the parents to be there for us when we need them most and we ain't got them, it just hurts. >> 16-year-old kevin has been at lake county juvenile for three months. it's been a long detainment an not his first. >> this is my sixth charge. i have two truancys, criminal trespassing, run away, burglary and this charge was only battery. and my mom was arguing, her boyfriend was kind of drinking and 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 took his side. she was like, please press charges, i want him to learn his lesson. i pleaded guilty to my charge and 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 physical out how to best hand him each

individual case. in kevin's situation, available replacement facilities are hard to come by. >> being here for all them days, it gets to you after a while. especially when you ain't got your mom. it's all real hard. >> in the juvenile court, i think if we have any indicator of water going to happen in someone's life is looking for the family and how supportive or not, how healthy or not is the family, without family involvement and support the kids are never going to be successful. >> three years, msnbc has been documenting the tragic stories that unfold in america's juvenile justice system. with extraordinary access from the indiana supreme court, we have been able to take our cameras inside where they are generally, by law, forbidden. in the intake department, elizabeth prepares to process

yet another juvenile. this time a 17-year-old girl arriving at the detention center. >> intake. p what did you run away from? >> she ran away from her mother's house, but she's denying running away and saying she was at her grandmother's house with her baby because her mother kicked her out and she went home for something and her mother called the police. >> so we'll find out. unlock. door. >> k inyada come out. >> i'm upset because i'm back here again, but this time, it's for misunderstanding. within i was 14, the first time i run away, my mom was going to whip me for something i didn't do. i continue take it no more. after running away, fighting her, going, wow, nobody was paying attention to me. >> you are in the intake

process, the last time you were here. >> 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 have to leave and now i'm staying with my good-mom. >> and your mother approved this? >> yes. that's why it's. >> i don't understand why you are arrested. >> i have been doing good for a year now and i after i had my baby, this is the first time i slipped up. but i didn't do anything wrong. it was lack of communication. >> if i go ahead and call your mother from here, you want to talk to her? >> you do want to talk to her? >> decades of research shows pure pressure and family turmoil are the two biggest stressors that lead to juvenile delinquency. for kynyada the relationship never lives up to what either of them expects. >> hi, kimberly, this is

elizabeth from lake county juvenile center. kynyada wants to speak to you. >> i should have let somebody know i was okay. i am dock good. >> you are not doing good. you are running the streets, partying, not coming back. you need to be responsible. you won't get on the birth control deal. you are not do anything i ask you, all of a sudden because you locked up, you want to make. >> no, that's not true, i was making changes before this even happened. >> you can't make changes in the streets. >> okay. i slipped up. i know. that's all i'm saying. no, no, you are going to stay there. >> being arrested on a friday means kynyada will 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 loneliness of lockup can create volatile

situations. the command center receives a call. about an offender possessing dangerous contraband. >> she pulled the screw out of the desk, you know that long bolt, probably an eight or ten-inch bolt. you always got to be alert, you got to be thinking. you got to watch everything they do. i don't know. we will take them as is, we will wrap them up to date and go. typically, if there is a code, nine times out of ten, you are not a mind reader. you know it's coming. this kid is angry, snapping off on everybody, when you hear the code, you go, i bet it's so and so. i try to establish a pretty good rapport with our problematic kids so that hopefully upon my arrival, i'm able to talk to them. >> step out. step out, kevin. >> get away from the door.

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[ music playing ] . >> the detention officers at lake county juvenile are reporting to e-wing after a steel bolt was seized from a 16-year-old offender. though officers recovered the weapon, kevin must be transferred for his safety and that of the other juvenile offender offenders. >> get your hands off the door. get your hand against the wall. against the wall.

okay. well. >> what is your problem? >> what's my problem? that's contraband. that's not mine! >> kevin, don't show your rear end. turn around. >> he be tripping. >> kneel down. >> hell no, man. >> kneel down, kevin. >> no. get out, man. >> go ahead. get off me. >> come on, code green, asshole. code green, asshole. >> echo. . >> code green basically is considered a general emergency. >> it's a situation we need back up, extra personnel to come and help out. for the safety of the kid and

the staff. >> get off. >> we asked to you do at this time easy way. >> the frustrating thing about a code green is you are running into this situation blind. have you no idea what you are running into. >> give me your arm. >> it's our responsibility to keep all kids safe. we will do whatever we got to do to keep the child safe. we do that with maximum number, minimal force. >> give it to me. give it to me. >> all right. >> give it up. >> here we go. >> oh. >> we got him. >> i got him. >> stand up. stand up. >> stand up, kevin. >> stand up. >> he just had this bolt and he was going to hurt the first

staff that comes into the room or one of the other residents who may try to come after him. he's been here for a while and that starts to get to you, too. if you know the outcome of whatever is going happen to you, there is a sense of peace in that, i'm either get to go home or to placement. when you have no idea what's going to happen to you, you do start to go crazy. >> you had your chance, kevin. >> it's impossible to assess the kids who end up in juvenile without taking a look at their every day environments. that starts with family at home. >> i'm from chicago and it's a lot of gang banging shooting going on and 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 notice how it is. >> i have one more weekend. i'm not doing nothing else,

nothing else i used to be horrible, i didn't care about anything. at the same time i miss my baby. that's why i'm so emotional. it is hard, because i'm still a kid, too. and i never been away from her like this. never. it's hard. every time i turn my eye, i see her face. this ain't the place to be.

now that i'm a team mother, it has to stop, partying has top as to. i have to think more so i can spend time by myself or whatever, but just next time, just make sure i call someone to check up 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. >> come on. >> oh. whoa. i'm going to jump off. >> all right. >> kevin is being transferred to the high security ring where

staff can hopefully calm him down and keep closer tabs on his behavior. >> i'm going to kill myself. >> 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. >> he says he's going to kill himself. leave him in shackles. put one person at the door, let him be until he calms. he said he was going to kill himself, so we now have to deal with that and take the precautions of that. >> i've got news for you, sweetie, not everybody cusses their parent out. rend

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. >> 17-year-old kynyada is meeting with her attorney to discuss the strategy for court. don knows her case will be tough. it was kynyada's own mother who 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. >> so one of the thaings things that particularly concerns me is not too long ago, you had a

similar charge of running away, right? >> yeah, but this time it was a misunderstanding. >> how do we explain when the judge asks kynyada, now, we're here again, what's different the time? >> it was a misunderstanding because at this time i don't stay with my mom. i stay with my good-mom. so that's why i was hurt, confused because why would she make this as a run away, 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 get irritated, i don't know what to do. 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. and 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 it's time for you to go home. many times there are parents who will get on the stand and say i cannot take my child home with me. if that's the case, there is very little that i can advocate that's going to change that. >> tonight when you are thinking of court tomorrow, i want you to think about the relationship you had with your daughter and what 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 sitting in the background can hear and influence how steadfast they are to their decisions the 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 case, that hunger leads to desperation. >> kevin is a very angry young man. he said he was going to kill himself. once we shut the door, he today up on the sink, implying he was going to jump off it to harm himself. >> i want to go to placement. >> that's not going to happen. >> i didn't even do nothing. >> kevin, do you think this is going to get you out of here? >> you're the one that wants to leave here. you're the one that is throwing a fit. why would they put ut out here if you will act like this. stop. >> he is 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 of being here. it's been 100 days now. >> i understand that, kevin. i understand that, i know that's what's really got you 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 know, you don't want to have to restrain a kid if you don't have to restrain them. if i can get through them through communicating verbally and sitting down talking to them, i'd much prefer. hold on. i'm taking you at your word. >> it's a battery charge. i didn't know it was going to be this severe. i got put under advisement. >> that means whenever the judge feels he's ready to come up with a decision to send me somewhere, hemodo it. until then, i have to sit and wait and i'm just another number. in jail, it's knob here hoping. some days not having my mom, nobody for the talk to.

it's just driving me crazy. >> being here, it gets to you after a while, especially when you ain't got your mom and your dad. it just hurts. >> my dad's if prison. >> i know. that i hugged your dad. your dad was here with me. i know. i had your brother. i've got you. don't continue the same pattern. >> angry. it's always been in me sense i was a little kid. i started when i was 06r 7, my dad went to prison and i was real close to my dad and then losing him for a couple years is just kind of set me off. it's all this anger built up in me. i just can't physical out a way to let it out. then my mom, having her voice, stuff like that. i didn't want him around, her boyfriend, because it wasn't my

da dad. >> your little brother, show him the right way. you can do it. you can do it. but you bought the to want to do it, seven. you got to want to do it. don't end up like your dad. have her come visit me. kids out there, half of us, we could do something with our lie. i want to do something with my lif

life. . >> is that a habit of yours to take this baby and drop it off at different places? >> i just needed some me time. >> you got to keep it together. you don't have a choice. . there's a new form of innovation taking shape.

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arrested can spend a maximum of 120 days in detention, 16-year-old kevin is close to that. after months behind bars and one visit the tense despair ended in a situation for all involved. >> it was a rush. it came like that. everything started shaking to me and i didn't want to give up. i was stupid. i would never kill myself. i got a lot to live for. it's just all an act. i was trying to get attention. >> after his safety was secured, jamie spoke with kevin to get to the root of his distress and anger. >> and despite his rebellious behavior the day before, jamie makes good on her promise of a phone call. >> nine times out of ten when i agree with 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. when it's all said and done, ultimately, can i talk to my mo 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? are you going to be all right? i don't know. i just want to talk to my momma. my mom she did come to visit me one time. she promised she was going to visit me almost every weekend. she don't come. >> keep it together, colonel. you got to keep it together. you got to. you don't have a choice. >> i feel like breaking down.

my mom, she really wants the best for me. but at the same time, how could i get the best out of something if she's not going to be there to talk to me about it. >> all right? . >> i just waited for that day to get out of here. i want to leave. >> family involvement from one case to another can vary greatly in the youthful justice system. while kevin struggles with what lies ahead. kynyada has her day in court. she is convinced she'll set the record straight with the court. >> i am not nervous, at all. it was just a misunderstanding. i once she hear my side of the story and she will know where i'm coming from sheem she'll understand, too, so will

everybody in the courtroom. >> good morning, your honor. how are you doing? if it please the court. come right the way, please. >> when i grow old, then i'll be with my baby. >> right this way. to this chair. >> i'm going to explain myself from the beginning to the end. leave no parts out. because it's two sides to the story. >> this young lady is charged with run away, is that right? >> correct. >> kynyada, have a seat up here, please. >> you are charged with running away. tell us what happened. >> well, monday me and my boy grandand my cousin had the baby and we was out all night. we didn't call nobody. tuesday i dropped my daughter off at her grandmother's house, because i was getting agitated with her. this was my first time getting agitated with her. >> with your mother? >> no, my mom had nothing to do

with it. it was my daughter, she was sleepy, getting cranky, everything. so we was out l.a. i just needed some me time away from the baby, away from everything. after that, we didn't call nobody or left a note it was okay. so, of course, they're going to make the reports because they didn't know where i was at. i didn't call anybody. >> since i think a large part of what the outcome of today's hearing is going 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 dom home with her today? >> well, the being disrespectful, cussing you out, when we get into it, i know i do it, everybody discuss it. but this time, i really have changed. yes, i've slipped up, but it's

not like i'm continuing to do the same things within i was 14-years-old. so i have been making progress. >> okay. judge, that's all i have. >> mrs. guzik. >> kynyada, where had you been with that baby overnight? >> over at my cousin's house. we intent the night over there, it was late. >> is that a habit of yours to take this baby and go to different places? >> oh, no, that is not a habit, no. . >> and how old is your boy grand? >> he's 18. >> is he in school? >> no, ma'am. >> are you seeing a pattern here? you are 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 doing. i got to do for me. yeah, we going together. people going to do what they want. >> i have no further questions, judge. >> you may have a seat back there. >> next witness. >> judge, i will call kim foster

to the stand please. miss foster, so the court can get a better understanding of how kynyada is. tell us about your daughter. >> she's always had issues. i've always tried to address those issues. in doing the best mama i could. unfortunately for kynyada, she needs more attention i can give her. because me and my husband both work. to the point where we are now is starting with being disrespectful with me. after that, we laid down the law. either you abide by our rules for you need to go somewhere else. she chose to go and be with her godmother. that's fine. i know where you are at. you are safe, we'll work this out. >> you were okay with that. in fact, you presented her with that option? >> exactly. because i trusted that person and 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 case, there's kevin, a repeat offender who has been incarcerated for nearly four months and needing a final judgment from his last hearing that will ultimately decide his fate and ten kymyada, a teenage mother and former run away. she is charged with running again, but continues to plead her innocence. will the court agree she is reformed or will her mistakes separate her from her baby? >> we are dealing with two children, not just one. the question is, would you be willing to take your daughter home? all-you-can-eat is a hotel policy that allows you to eat all that you can. .

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juvenile justice, it's that there's never a playbook when parents and kids face off if court. >> you can sentence someone to death. you can sentence someone to life imprisonment, but to try to figure out how to put a family back together in about 30 minutes after you read the report of a certain pattern of behavior that probably 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. >> kynyada 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. >> so she doesn't leave the house without your permission, did she? >> no, she didn't. i gave her an position, i said, you abide by the rules and you go. >> at some point you report her to the police and report her as

a run away. >> she didn't call, se 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. they were, and she neglected to say, drinking, smoking, partying, having a good time. so 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 persons report and i want it to stop. i want her to go to school. so then 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 would be successful. >> kynyada, first of all, you talked about that you were disrespectful and you cussed your mother out. you said, everybody discuss it. i got news for you, sweetie, not everybody cusses their parent

out. okay. so that's first and foremost. so you going out taking your baby, staying out all night, you needed some "me" time. i got news about that, when you decide to have a baby, there is no more me time t. me time goes out the window when you decide to have a baby and i agree with your mother, you can't be bringing a boy into the house, you are just going to get pregnant again, which leads me to my next point, do you use birth control? >> i get the shot. >> i try, i took her. it's not good for me. >> i didn't want to take it in the first place. >> all right. do you think you 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 has to stop. i'm not saying i can do it single handedly. somebody has to talk to children, there is abstinence,

if you are going to have sex there is condoms and all other forms of birth control. let's try to be as responsible as we can. >> judge, i'd say that kynyada in her youth is a selfish person and i think we are 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 kynyada 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 will do better. i agree we all heard that before. i ask the court to consider the available options the court has given the fact that we are dealing with two children, not just one. >> thank you. >> it seems unlikely that kynyada's side of the story has convinced the judge to drop the charge. her attorney is hoping the judge will car ruling that allows her

to go home while the court waves it's options. it is 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, kynyada be provided parenting class. she begin the process of working on her ged. if the parents decide not to take her home today, she will be placed at 4:00 p.m. today at an alternative house. they will provide those services, last but not least, i will provide family counseling. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> i'll be in touch with you. i'll let you know what they decide. okay? >> let me talk to you guys outsid

outside. >> unlike her mother, kynyada's stepfather believes the placement outside the home may not be in her best interest. the fosters have been taking care of their granddaughter while kynyada has been locked up. the attorney knows some tough decisions need to be made. >> there are two option, at 4:00 today, kynyada will go for the a home. obviously, there is a lot of structure you are talking about or she could go home, be released to you guys with the list of interventions and services. >> we are still at odds on that view. >> they're talking about it now and 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? >> 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 a positive experience 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 will probably be there nine months to a year and basically, the goal there is to get us on the right path. >> i thought it was going to be forever. it feels like forever. >> i'm sure it does. but it's a temporary hurd him. you can get over it. you made it through it. >> i talked to one of the guys. his name was gary. he told me as long as i stay on the right track, get my grades up and all that, i will be going home.

>>. >> hi, kymyada, why done you come out here? i will 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's order is you will be placed at the alternative house in gary today at 4:00. so until maybe some counseling and things can take place between you and your mother, while you are still underage, you can't go to your mother, you are going to have to be in placement. >> oh, well. >> that stuff's crazy. >> okay. hang in there. hang in there. >> i may and it may not help, but i can't allow her just to get away with whatever. 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. >> he's good to go. >> we need you to seen off. >> even though kevin will be away from home, this time he won't by a way from family. after the court's lengthy search for a into silt 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. 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. she'll come visit me in placement and all. all right. >> take care.

>> 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 say. >> while xemp is excited to go to placement, for kymyada, 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 -- all we do is go out to dinner.

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and step fauts reached a few decision regarding her placement and requested a second detention hearing. so kymyada finds herself back in juvenile court. >> mother and kymyada have met and talked. the pots believes it's in her best interest to have her released back into the mother's custody today. >> miss foster. >> a couple weeks back, you indicated you couldn't commit to taking kymyada home with you. tell us what's happened. >> during that short time i have made phone calls, didn't some research, fenagled and moved around schedules so there could be someone in the home because i felt it was the best interest of kymyada along with the family and her daughter for her 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 kymyada or talked with her sense she's been away? >> yes, i have. >> 'yada understands it was her behavior that put her in this situation. she has some maturing to do.

other than that she's been fine. she needs to raise her baby. that's her babysh 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 young girls my age that don't care about their baby and go out and do whatever, but i have tried lot and my progress and that really hurted

me so bad because i 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 succeed. that's all i just want to add. >> i just want kymyada to understand is my concern is always for the baby. she's a helpless individual. if you are 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 kymyada has done what we hoped happens when somebody is not released home to their parent and that's to think not just about what they did but what the people in this courtroom hold her, the structure is in place at home. kymyada is ready to take responsibility for herself and her child and the court should reconsider at this point releasing her to her mother today. >> i think for her and for a lot of kids her age, it's growing pains. we have to figure out how to

help her get through that. >> today what the court will do is graptd your request and order she be released and turned to your custody. i will order she have individual and family counseling to resolve the issues that are obvious from the last hearing so we don't find ourselves back here again. all right. i order that you will be released to your mother. this hearing is adjourned. good luck. >> you are going home. >> oh, man, super, seumer, super happy. too happy, yeah. just plan to get home to my baby. that's on my mind. the focus on my life. >> i think that the two weeks away if a placement facility gave her additional time to think about it. two squeeks a long time to be away from your baby. so i think there has been some life changes going on and the mother went to the lengths of changing their work schedules, which is commendable. i think they're a decent family

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

he said, no, i asked you to leave. the man put handcuffs on me. >> she's on probation for battery and there's some type of impulse control that leaves me very concerned. >> perfect situation for the family meeting my dad. he left letters for me when i was growing up. sounds like a nice guy. >> you're very immature, like a kid that don't want to grow up. >> i wanted to plead guilty and get it over with. she never steered me wrong, she knows what's best.