. >> veteran residential supervisor jamie badanish has spent 22 years working with kids at lake county juvenile. she says juveniles like ricky are especially perplexing. >> he has a lot of talent and a lot of potential. he's a very personable young man, yet he's gang through and through. the sad thing is, ricky, you are no dummy by any means of the word. you are no dummy. you just can't stay in one place long enough to accomplish it. i think that ricky is, he's just destined to be part of the gang. i'm quite sure he's got some right now. i think he likes giving orders to the so-called foot soldiers and so forth and so on. how long you been now? how old were you when you started? >> 11. >> 11? >> i'll never be ashamed of nothing i've done. i was put in the situation. i made the best out of the situation as a young kid. what else can i -- i can't get a job. i was 14 years old. i can't get no job. i did what i had to do. >> reporter: it's really unfortunate. there's still that small portion of him that would like to live on the right side of the law as opposed to the wrong side of the law