For some teens, one poor choice can result in a trip to Indiana's Lake Country Juvenile Center. When sixteen-year-old Sara runs away from home and heads towards Texas with some of her friends, she is caught by the police and locked up for four.

When seventeen-year-old Ryan gets pulled over by the cops for a hit and run accident, he knows he's in for trouble. But when he's questioned by the cops, matters are made worse by the fact that he and his friends have been smoking a joint and driving under the influence. Cuffed and taken into Juvie, Ryan is blazed beyond comprehension, too high to know how to respond to the intake officer's questions.

This time on Juvies, sixteen-year-old Sierra is picked up by police after having been suspected of running away. Since she has been dating a convicted drug dealer, Sierra has run into a rough patch with her parents, who have recently caught her lying and getting into trouble. When her school calls her parents to inform them she missed school, Sierra's parents fear the worst and call the cops. Although she claims she had no intention of running away with her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, her story doesn't match up and she lands in Juvie.

When seventeen-year-old Kashmiere slides her friend $400 worth of stolen goods from her job, the department store security catches her on camera. Although this isKashmiere's first offense as a shoplifter, she's no stranger to trouble -- she has recently been suspended from school for fighting with a teacher.

Steve, the football star, is arrested for underage drinking at a party and running from the cops, while Javier, the son of proud immigrant parents, is arrested for burglary.

Seventeen-year-old Nathan finds himself in cuffs for burglary and criminal mischief charges, although he denies all blame for the crimes committed. According to the teen, his friend picked him up in a truck and stopped at his 'grandmother's house' to grab some things from his room. After his friend loaded the pickup with goods, he peeled out of the driveway and ran through stop signs, eventually totaling the car. While his friend bolted from the scene of the accident, Nathan waited in the car for the cops to arrive.

Sixteen-year-old RJ returns to the Juvenile Detention center with charges of burglary, criminal trespass, auto theft, and theft. As the officer brings him in for his intake, RJ admits that he is still feels high after consuming a large quantity of Xanax.

Fifteen-year-old Dale is taken into Juvie for running away. While he told his mother he was going off to band practice to play the drums, his mother called the police claiming Dale had split. When he arrived home, the cops put on the cuffs and dragged him to the center.