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Boxelder Job Corps is a branch of the Job Corps vocational training program located in Nemo, South Dakota. A part of the Department of Labor, Job Corps aims to assist 16-24 year olds by teaching the tools and skills needed to join the workforce.

Job Corps applicants must fit in the following criteria to be eligible:

• Is a legal U.S. resident; lawfully admitted permanent resident alien, refugee, asylee, or parolee, or other immigrant who has been authorized by the U.S. attorney general to work in the United States; or resident of a U.S. territory.
• Meets low-income criteria.
• Is in need of additional technical training, education, counseling, or related assistance to complete schoolwork or to find and keep a job.
• Has signed consent from a parent or guardian if he or she is a minor.
• Has a child care plan if he or she is the parent of a dependent child.
• Does not exhibit behavioral problems that could keep him, her, or others from experiencing Job Corps’ full benefits.
• Does not require any face-to-face court or institutional supervision or court-imposed fines while enrolled in Job Corps.
• Does not use drugs illegally.

Josh attended Job Corps out of high school, and would state that the experience is very similar with the exception of being unable to leave and a meager wage. Josh would try his hand at computer tech, welding, bricklaying and painting specialties, before finally landing on office administration.

Keen to make sure that this experience would not be a repeat of the bullying that he had endured throughout his schooling, Josh made his impression by playing his guitar in the pool hall and performing at the talent shows. Despite his efforts, Josh would still be picked on for his eccentricities, however he would claim to enjoy a reputation for being that “crazy Saunders guy”. The Boxelder Job Corps, according to Josh, was haunted and he described numerous paranormal happenings. Josh backed up his theory by explaining how an alarm clock possessed of one of his roommates that lead to another student being punched and the alarm clock being hurled across the room, and describing an incident where a folding basketball hoop collapsed and a bike fell off of a storage rack.

While in Job Corps, Josh met his first girlfriend Stephanie and the two were dating shortly after. Josh would attend Job Corps prom with Stephanie—his first ever prom. Josh and Stephanie would continue dating after Josh's expulsion from Job Corps, and Stephanie would visit him on her breaks before graduating the program. The couple would break up on July 4th, 2014 after Josh tried to make her infidelities “kinky” by threatening to sexually assault her.

Josh had a number of incidents that landed him in hot water while at Job Corps, both with administration and with his fellow attendees. In videos he uploaded after being kicked out of Job Corps, Josh would recall some stories of mischief including:

• Stealing Mr. Slater's bicycle after a night of huffing cologne and dancing
• Intervening in a dispute over debts owed for cigarettes
• Pleasuring himself with a grapefruit
• Smoking weed/using drugs/huffing art supplies
• Having intercourse in a women's restroom

Josh would be kicked out of Job Corps after his Jacket Leader—and alleged stoner—told on him for his weed habit. Josh would be upset at the apparent hypocrisy.

Despite his anger towards the situation, Josh would try to appeal his expulsion and encouraged Stephanie to finish her studies.