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Season 1 – Beyond Scared Straight

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Based on the multiple award-winning documentary "Scared Straight!" from executive producer Arnold Shapiro, "Beyond Scared Straight," much like the original, profiles unique juvenile crime prevention programs in prisons across the U.S. Each hourlong episode follows a handful of at-risk teenagers as they attend a program, which includes an intensive one-day session in a prison. A month later, the teens are asked what, if any, lasting impressions the program had on them. Some change their ways following the experience while others continue down the same path they were on before.
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David Hinckley New York Daily News 10/01/2020
What's also a little disconcerting is that these girls seem to think that being on TV is a big enough achievement that the reason doesn't matter. That's a pretty scary thought itself - but not as scary as Valley State. Go to Full Review Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly 09/30/2020
Shapiro's high-mindedness now meshes nicely with A&E's low-mindedness, where shows like Hoarders, Heavy, and reruns of Criminal Minds thrive. Go to Full Review Brian Lowry Variety 09/30/2020
A series that, unlike most of what passes for "reality TV," feels truly authentic -- and sobering. For the network of "Intervention," this is the kind of intervention that obliterates the camera's contaminating eye. Go to Full Review Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 09/30/2020
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In the end, it shows how a disturbing but educational experience is being used in an attempt to change the lives of young people for the better. Go to Full Review Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald 09/30/2020
The results are surprising, poignant and not always positive. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Arnold Shapiro

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Robert Sharenow

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Laura Fleury

Executive Producer

Jordana Hochman

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 13, 2011 Chowchilla The Valley State Prison for Women. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 20, 2011 Jessup Five teens at the Maryland Correctional Institution. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 27, 2011 Corcoran Five teens visit a California State Prison. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 3, 2011 Lieber Lieber Correctional Facility in South Carolina. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 10, 2011 San Quentin Teens experience Death Row in San Quentin, one of the nation's most infamous prisons. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 24, 2011 Hagerstown At-risk teens are forced to eat punishment food. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 3, 2011 Jessup Women's Prison Four shoplifting friends are exposed to a degrading prison entry process. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 18, 2011 Mecklenburg County, N.C. At-risk teens meet terrifying inmates and a no-nonsense female deputy while spending some time in the Mecklenburg County Jail. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 25, 2011 Oakland County, Mich. A drug-dealing teen may have met his match in a Michigan jail. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 1, 2011 Portsmouth County, Va. At-risk teens are taught a lesson when they don't take jail seriously. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 8, 2011 Oklahoma County, Okla. Teens in Oklahoma are being pulled into the gang lifestyle. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 15, 2011 San Bernardino, Calif. Boys Teens visit the morgue after jail is ineffective. Details

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Beyond Scared Straight — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Arnold Shapiro, Robert Sharenow, Laura Fleury, Jordana Hochman
Network
A&E
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, Reality
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 13, 2011