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BASICS: Orientation Training Phase (OTP), part of Youth Offender System (YOS) Facility in Pueblo, Colorado. OTP performs intake and assessment of convicted kids. OTP is set up to run like a boot camp, with staff yelling at kids all the time. All of the kids at OTP have juvenile sentences with adult sentences hanging, meaning that if they mess-up there they will have to serve their adult sentence. For example, a kid could be there serving a 2 year juvenile sentence with 15 years hanging.
PICTURED: Officer Brandon Hagans lives in Pueblo with his wife and two boys. His wife is a case manager for kids with disabilities. Officer Hagans served in the marines and in Iraq in 2003. He spent 8 years in the marines and now 8 years at YOS.
