Beyond Scared Straight

2013

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Aug 20, 2015

Lexi, 15, is a spoiled, fighting gang member who steals from the poor to give to herself. When she is confronted by a swarm of angry inmates in jail, she physically fights back, launching the entir...

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Jun 25, 2015

James is a very aggressive 15-year-old whose attacks on his mother forced her to Taser and pepper-spray him in self-defense, and to send James on a tour of the Fulton County jail in Georgia.

Jul 2, 2015

During a tour of the Floyd County, GA, jail, unpredictable Deputy Lyle bullies, coaxes and comforts to help create new futures for a car-jacking gangbanger, a shoplifting party girl, a violent figh...

Jul 9, 2015

Kyshawn, a 16-year-old gangbanger, physically challenges the officers and inmates at nearly every step of the tour of the Portsmouth County Jail, Virginia.

Jul 16, 2015

After 18 year-old Taylor is caught at school, unaware she is carrying someone else's weapons, her only hope for a clean slate is to take part in the youth intervention program at the Chester County...

Jul 23, 2015

Starting fires, stealing guns and assaulting their mom, baby-faced brothers, Matthew, 12, and Carter, 13, must grow up fast to survive in Dougherty County Jail, in Georgia.

Jul 30, 2015

A four-time runaway, sixteen-year old Brittany refuses to back down to inmates or deputies of the Douglas County jail in Georgia, but finds an unlikely ally behind bars.

Aug 5, 2015

Caught on video violently attacking his mother, Dylan, a 14-year-old bully, gets a taste of his own brutality during a long overnight stay in South Carolina's Richland County Jail.

Aug 13, 2015

Angry sisters Precious, 14, and Keyiona, 17, think they're tough enough for jail, until they are startled to discover a family member serving time at the Oklahoma County jail.

Aug 20, 2015

Aug 27, 2015

Tori, an angry 14-year-old bully and thief, meets a devoted deputy in Douglas County, GA, who tries to help open her mind to letting go of her tragic past.

Sep 3, 2015

In the epic finale of Beyond Scared Straight, the life-changing series looks back on nine seasons of the explosive encounters, hilarious one-liners, and emotional breakthroughs that reached more th...

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Dec 4, 2014

In Oklahoma City, Kerina, 16, and Siera, 14, are sisters who emulate the violent lyrics and wear the face paint of the Insane Clown Posse. They learn that there is no clowning around in jail.

Dec 11, 2014

In Suffolk, VA, the jail becomes the scene of an emotional reunion for an incarcerated mother and her 14-year-old daughter, who seems destined for the same fate.

Dec 11, 2014

Darisha, 17, is a gangbanger who loudly challenges inmates, but is shocked to see a relative behind bars at St. Clair County Jail, IL. She then faces a situation after the tour with potentially fat...

Dec 18, 2014

In Chester County, SC, an abusive 16-year-old rapper challenges the power of the deputies, who then team together to restrain the troubled teen.

Dec 18, 2014

Rumors lead to violence when proud, gay teen Cedric, 15, beats a fellow classmate, sending her to the hospital and him to Fulton County Jail, GA, where he gets an eye-opening lesson in restraint.

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Feb 28, 2014

In Virginia, chaos takes over and officers spring into action when aggressive sisters Quaja and Quona and their cousin Tay-Tay are told they will be staying in jail overnight.

Mar 7, 2014

In Virginia, chaos takes over and officers spring into action when aggressive sisters Quaja and Quona and their cousin Tay-Tay are told they will be staying in jail overnight.

Mar 14, 2014

In an emotionally devastating encounter, a teen gang-banger has a heart-wrenching talk with his desperate and remorseful brother, who is incarcerated at the Chester County Jail, SC.

Mar 27, 2014

Nineteen-year-old Anthony is a self-described hustler, but when he angers the wrong inmate during the St. Clair County Jail, IL, "Beyond Scared Straight" program, he suddenly finds himself at the c...

Apr 3, 2014

Akira, a 14-year-old fighter whose father recently died, erupts in rage until the inmates and deputies of Virginia's Portsmouth County Regional Jail make her realize the source of her anger.

Apr 10, 2014

Two brothers and their sister are on a rampage of violence and crime until they are split apart in Oklahoma County Jail, OK.

Apr 17, 2014

A twelve-year-old boy genius, who is convinced he can outsmart anyone, is tested in the fundamentals of jailhouse survival at Georgia's Dougherty County Jail.

Apr 24, 2014

A 17-year-old thief named Corey steals multiple cars and has no remorse about being "gone in 60 seconds". When he discovers his stepdad imprisoned inside Fulton County Jail, GA his world comes cras...

Jun 26, 2014

At the St. Clair County Jail, IL, the loyalty of two inseparable sisters is tested when one must make the tough choice of either betraying her sister or staying in jail overnight.

Jul 3, 2014

Arrested for stealing, eighteen-year-old La Shavia is already behind bars when the tour of Chester County Jail, SC, begins but her criminal behavior is far worse than her crime.

Jul 10, 2014

In San Bernardino, CA, Angel, 14, runs with gang-members on the streets, but it's at home where he wields knives and becomes the most dangerous. Will a day behind bars cut him down to size?

Jul 17, 2014

A defiant 15-year-old fighter thrives on violence, but an unexpected meeting with a close relative in jail, and another inmate's inspiring freestyle rap, leads to a one-two punch of reality.

Jul 24, 2014

Sixteen-year-old fighter Timothy lies to a judge, and the consequences may keep him locked up in Georgia's Douglas County Jail.

Jul 31, 2014

At Fulton County Jail, GA, Andarius, 13, claims gangs and lights fires. His plans to assault rival gang members are derailed when he gets caught ratting out a thieving convict.

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May 30, 2013

Four troubled girls learn that the trauma they put their mothers through at home is nothing compared to the terror of life behind bars at the Oneida County Jail in New York.

Jun 6, 2013

At Floyd County Jail in Georgia, colorful Deputy Lyle returns to change the lives of four troubled teens, though he may have finally met his match in one teen who threatens to put Lyle in his place.

Jun 13, 2013

Deputies at Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Virginia have never seen the level of defiance they get from Tysharaw, a 14-year old street brawler.

Jun 27, 2013

At Florida's Lake County Detention Center, 12-year old Alissa is reduced to frightened tears, and even the inmates are shocked when her older brother refuses to offer any comfort.

Jul 11, 2013

Fourteen year-old Joseph, an explosive giant who attacks his adopted parents, may have finally met his match in the hardened inmates and officers of the Oakland County Jail near Detroit, Michigan.

Jul 18, 2013

Ferocious killer and inmate Hustle Man is dragged from a teen talk when he attacks an at-risk kid who refuses to comb another inmate's chest hair.

Jul 25, 2013

At Douglas County Jail in Georgia, two sisters defy both inmates and deputies but once their mother has an emotional breakdown, their eyes are opened to the pain they have caused.

Aug 1, 2013

At Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia, four teens think that the reputations they've built for themselves on the streets will protect them from an inmate onslaught behind bars. One teen is tar...

Aug 1, 2013

During a physically exhausting all-night jail stay in Richland County, SC, Aaron, 12, a habitual liar, confounds deputies by excelling at every exercise--despite having a broken arm.

Oct 3, 2013

Alex, a 17-year-old stoner, tries to defend his girlfriend's honor against a cellblock full of snarling, tattooed inmates at Albuquerque's Metropolitan Detention Center.

Oct 10, 2013

For the first time, a violent teen featured on a previous "Beyond Scared Straight" episode is now a submissive inmate hoping to change the lives of a new group of teens in Floyd County, GA.

Oct 17, 2013

Fifteen-year-old fighter Steven becomes enraged and tries to run from officers to escape the harsh realities of Oklahoma County Jail.

Oct 24, 2013

In Queen Anne's County, Maryland, troubled teens visit a jail, a funeral home and an emergency room, leading to a deadly encounter.

Oct 31, 2013

At Fulton County Jail in Georgia, a visit to the "alternative lifestyle" unit shows four at-risk teens that being different makes you an even bigger target in jail. One brother squeals on his young...

Nov 7, 2013

Football player Austin, 17, wants to join the SWAT team after graduation, but drugs and fighting are leading him straight to "the longest yard." Sixteen-year-old Logan assumes that as the son of a ...

Nov 14, 2013

At St. Clair County Jail in Illinois, a troubled teen disappears into a crush of angry inmates as deputies and his loyal, street-tough brother try to figure out where he has gone.

Nov 21, 2013

Chavez, 15, an explosive fighter and thief, taunts Georgia deputies and inmates by wearing a homemade t-shirt that mocks efforts to scare him straight. "Blue", 12, a pint-sized stoner, stayed out l...

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Aug 20, 2012

In a city where your neighborhood defines your gang, four at-risk teen girls endure a day in a female jail and learn where their lives are headed. Though they walk into the jail together, the teens...

Aug 27, 2012

In Jacksonville, Florida, four at-risk teens attend a three-part "scared straight" tour. Towering over nearly everyone, KeShawn, 15, is intimidated by no one. But when KeShawn witnesses his pint-si...

Oct 4, 2012

Troubled teens that attend the St. Clair County Jail diversion program take a lie detector test that reveals some shocking secrets. Inmates "Ice Mike" and "Hustle Man" return (from last season) to ...

Oct 11, 2012

Near the Jersey Shore, four cocky at-risk teens try to charm their way through a harrowing day in a New Jersey jail. Samir, an 18-year-old thief, is a kid on the make, selling tea as marijuana to u...

Oct 18, 2012

Four at-risk teens from the hard streets of Oklahoma City are confronted by gang members and their own emotions while touring the county jail. A hardened female inmate who is an avowed member of th...

Oct 25, 2012

In San Bernardino County, outside LA, parents are losing control of their teens. Troublemaker Alexis tires of his parents' rules and calls immigration authorities on them. Larry, an aggressive braw...

Nov 1, 2012

In the swamplands of Lake County, Florida, troubled teens find little to do but act out and break the law. Heather, 17, is a beautiful manipulator, who uses her looks to get what she wants. Mariah,...

Nov 8, 2012

In a Georgia jail, four at-risk teens are given a wide-eyed view of the justice system, from having to clean toilets in a cellblock to being interrogated by a judge. For Quantavis, a gangbanging dr...

Nov 15, 2012

During a "scared straight" tour in Virginia, a money-hungry teen drug dealer named R.J. refuses to be scared and lunges at a taunting inmate until officers subdue him. Jada, 13, a cheerleader who l...

Dec 20, 2012

A frustrated Texas mother ships her three defiant daughters 1000 miles, so that they must endure the nation s only overnight jail program in Richland County, South Carolina. (60 min.)

Dec 27, 2012

In the Oneida County jail in New York, one of a trio of teen hoodlums is made a brutal example in a restraint chair and officers cuff an explosive bully before he even enters the jail.

Jan 3, 2013

A spoiled drama queen thinks the tour of the Oklahoma County Detention Center is just a TV show populated with actors, but she is shocked by the reality of hardened criminals directing her every move.

Jan 10, 2013

An angry teen s cancer-stricken father hopes a trip to Georgia s Floyd County Jail will change his son s destructive ways before it s too late.

Jan 17, 2013

An at-risk teen, with dreams of a rap career, gets a wake-up call win he sees where his love of drugs and gang activity will lead, during a visit to the Portsmouth County Jail in Virginia.

Jan 24, 2013

A bad attitude may be one promiscuous teen girl s biggest weapon, but when she has to share a cell with her inmate cousin in Western Tidewater Regional Jail she finds out family ties do not bind be...

Jan 31, 2013

Fresh from the hood, Boston teens face rival gang members whose local loyalties persist behind bars, when they tour the Suffolk County Jail in Massachusetts.

Feb 7, 2013

In a special episode, Beyond Scared Straight revisits teens from the first few seasons to discover if the jail tours have had a lasting impact on their behavior. Among those visited are Sahn, an ad...

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Aug 18, 2011

In Charlotte, NC, a group of at-risk teens, including a wannabe gangster and a drug dealer, is taken to Mecklenburg County Jail. Jose, the most defiant teen, goes head-to-head with terrifying inmat...

Aug 25, 2011

Oakland County, Michigan is a stone's throw from Detroit's infamous 8-Mile and the streets here are just as tough--but the deputies and inmates who run Oakland County Jail's "Turn-Around" program a...

Sep 1, 2011

The at-risk teens of Portsmouth County, Virginia aren't afraid to fight back when confronted with a loud cellblock at Portsmouth County Jail. Angela gets into a screaming match with one verbally ab...

Sep 8, 2011

Where once it stood for cowboys and cattle, Oklahoma County is now in the midst of an epidemic of gangs and street crime. Angry, impressionable teens are being pulled into the gangster lifestyle. F...

Sep 15, 2011

The mean streets of Los Angeles reach deep into San Bernardino County, where teens look to join gangs at an early age. For four teens that begin an intervention program at the San Bernardino County...

Dec 14, 2011

After being mobbed by a cellblock of screaming inmates, at-risk teens from St. Clair, IL, are shocked when the terror follows them outside the jail.

Dec 21, 2011

Near Los Angeles, a teenaged female gang member defies inmates and deputies, leading to a physical confrontation in the chow hall.

Dec 28, 2011

At-risk siblings from Virginia are exposed to the deadly realities of life behind bars, leading to a life-shattering confession at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.

Jan 4, 2012

In Maryland, during a four-day intervention experience where at-risk teens witness both jail and their own funeral, a boyfriend and girlfriend turn on each other.

Jan 11, 2012

Outside Detroit, a teen trio of female troublemakers discovers their bond is not tight enough to survive even a day inside a women's lockup.

Jan 18, 2012

In Hampton Roads, VA, teenage pyromaniac Robert discovers that he wouldn't survive behind bars, even though his mother is one of the deputies at the jail.

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Jan 13, 2011

Inmates at the Valley State Prison for Women use a combination of confrontation, information, and communication to try to keep five young girls from becoming convicts.

Jan 20, 2011

Five teens learn the harsh realities of prison life at the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, where dozens of menacing inmates, including convicted murderers, surround the kids and taunt ...

Jan 27, 2011

Hardened criminals at the California prison that is home to Charles Manson give teens a taste of life on the yard, where any prisoner can approach the kids and give them a feel for the dangers of p...

Feb 3, 2011

Six at-risk teens experience Lieber Correctional Facility in Ridgeville, SC, to get a first-hand look and feel at life on the inside.

Feb 10, 2011

Four at-risk teens are brought to one of the nation's most infamous prisons to participate in the S.Q.U.I.R.E.S. program?

Feb 24, 2011

Maryland inmates give a group of five at-risk teens a taste of prison when they are forced to eat "Lock-up Loaf," a brick of baked mush served to unruly prisoners.

Mar 3, 2011

Five at-risk girls are subjected to a terrifying simulation of the degrading process of entering a female prison.

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Beyond Scared Straight - produced by Arnold Shapiro, profiles the new approach to keeping today teens from becoming tomorrow prisoners.

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Madison Callahan

Love I think this show has changed a lot of people. I've been to jail it's not fun. I was just there for a field trip but it scared me so bad

Nicole Bennett

Beyond Scared Straight!!! Is an "Awesome Tv Show" it's so in depth, helpful, and a "True Work In Progress" for all troubled teens! I hate the last season is in September. However I hope they never stop doing these shows...if anything every city & state needs this type of program...I think it would benefit more of the children today...seriously!!

Jeannie Nelson

Beyond Scared Straight If each show helps just One kid, It's a life saving show! !

Nilyn Singleton

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Roberto Garza, BSBA

I love to see the ones that thibk they're tough break down. The program does work!

Sean Nutt

Beyond scared straight I love this show cuz it teaches a lot of bad kids a valuable lesson

User reviews

Madison Callahan January 13, 2015

Love I think this show has changed a lot of people. I've been to jail it's not fun. I was just there for a field trip but it scared me so bad

Nicole Bennett June 16, 2015

Jeannie Nelson January 1, 2015

Beyond Scared Straight If each show helps just One kid, It's a life saving show! !

Nilyn Singleton July 6, 2015

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Roberto Garza, BSBA September 24, 2016

I love to see the ones that thibk they're tough break down. The program does work!

Sean Nutt December 31, 2015

Beyond scared straight I love this show cuz it teaches a lot of bad kids a valuable lesson

Terrence Jones November 24, 2014

I'm so "scared straight" This is why I love reality shows.

Lollipop Bomb February 28, 2015

I want the one Where the boy says he cant get through because the doors not open all the way!

Lennox Alexander Francis Jr January 29, 2016

Today's Teens The teens and tweens of today are still acting like crooks. We newd them in the Scared Str8 programs.

September 7, 2016

Beyond scared straight This a good show

June 25, 2015

Best reality show Upset to see it go 😭

Andre King August 22, 2016

Beyond scared straight Great show for prison show watchers

belonging you baby August 9, 2016

Sacred beyond straight Heart breaking

Frank Jonguitud October 17, 2015

Beyond scared straight!!!!! So awesome

Tyre Smith December 21, 2014

It really shows that being disrespectful and hardheaded can get u in a place that u dont want to be

Sheila Wells March 6, 2016

Beyond scared straight They need to keep these kids for a whole weekend

Alexis Darrington July 19, 2016

Amazing I went thru this once and it scared me straight I love how they try and make you hate jail and prison

Angel Preval May 24, 2016

AN AWFUL SHOW IT TRAUMATIZE THOSE KIDS FOR LIFE

Daniel andBry December 26, 2015

Insane clown posse The episode about juggalos if a load of lies

Manos Dgaf April 12, 2016

I'm the juvenile from episode 6 of season 3. Larry Ferrier

Hallie Buchanan November 27, 2014

Best ever Gives you a real life experience of these kids and what's gonna happen to them

Kelly Beals January 29, 2015

Must See!!! Wish they would have something like this in NC!!

Steven Diaz June 24, 2015

Always Always going to be some body bigger and badder than you.

Lisa Butler March 22, 2015

Beyond scared straight Jail tour for troubled teenagers

Larry Harris May 23, 2016

Beyon srtight The little boy got frinent

Elizabeth Ramirez September 27, 2015

Elizabeth Ambrose Ramirez I love this show because i watch it and it make not want to go there😄😍✨🌟👍✊👌❤💚💜💙💛💓💕💖💞💘

Kaniya Polk January 29, 2015

I am maybe watching it right now. It is a cool movie

miracle lane January 16, 2016

Hate! Should be free!😟😫😞🙍

Katie Chaney December 7, 2014

Lpve it I'm really in to law enforcement

Harry Hollins October 9, 2014

All it takes is somebody who gone be there for these kids and show them the way these kids aint bad but the show is a good

Shnesta Ashley July 10, 2015

Addictive!!!! After watching one episode you will be watching it all night good I mean great show

Damian Miles April 19, 2014

Awesome This show bad a**

Neil Myers February 15, 2015

Love it I love this show I just wish it was free to watch on phone/tablet.

Killboy Powerhead September 16, 2015

Awesome Show I love this show I need to buy some episodes soon!

James Andrews July 21, 2014

My experience I love this show case i at one point did the program.

Rose' Mary March 4, 2016

Love It I love this show wish this had more seasons 😒😔

Dylan Hoffman August 13, 2014

I dont like how its not free :( Its a good show.

Angela Willett November 15, 2015

Its reality!

martisha pope January 19, 2015

Lesson This now a life lesson for every adult and child on this earth

Travis Jeancharles October 15, 2015

Cool Like being in prison hahahaha I'm not surly

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