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How I got here? I don't remember, sir. 15-year-old Gabriel, restrained while he detoxes from an overdose of Rohypnol pills (a potent tranquilizer) in a cell at Webb County Juvenile Detention.

15-year-old Gabriel, restrained while he detoxes in a cell at Webb County Juvenile Detention. No doctor, no bed, no hydration, no one to take his vital signs or comfort him--it's a dangerous and cruel situation that's replicated in underresourced…

14-year-old jose, who was arrested as a runaway but who has multiple warrants outstanding for a variety of offenses, is taken down in his cell at the Webb County Juvenile Detention Center. Jose was being restrained for refusing to calm down when…

Rene, age 15, in a detention cell after three days of sniffing carburator fluid. With nowhere else to detox in Laredo, he ended up in Juvenile.

Jose, 14, who was booked as a runaway, sits in his cell with his hands an feet shackled after he refused to calm down when ordered by detention staff.

Even after more than a dozen trips to Juvenile, it doesn't get any easier for Kris, 14. He doesn't know exactly what he did to end up here this time. He needs rehab, but that's not what he's getting. Instead, Kris is getting a tour of the juvenile…

Aubra, 13, charged with probation violation, alone in his cell in juvenile detention in Portland, Oregon. One night of lonliness in a prison cell can be enough to convince a young child that nobody cares.

Psychiatrists say children do not react to punishment in the same way as adults. They learn more about becoming criminals than they do about becoming citizens. And one night of loneliness can be enough to prove their suspicion that nobody cares.

Alone and lonely, ten-year-old Christian, acused of family violence, sits alone in his cell.

They try to scare them straight. That's a crisis intervention in a nutshell. If a child is causing trouble in school or acting up at home (like 10-year-old Tommy, here for fighting in school) parents, administrators, or the courts can send the…