Beyond Scared Straight

2013 • A&E
4.7
611 reviews
TV-14
Rating
Eligible
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Season 7 episodes (11)

1 Fulton County, GA: Wasted Time
6/25/15
Season-only
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.
2 Floyd, GA- "Dep. Lyle Lays Down the Law"
7/2/15
Season-only
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 fighter and a granny-robbing thief.
3 Portsmouth, VA: Jail House Cookies
7/9/15
Season-only
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.
4 Chester, SC : Cornflake, Sandbag & Frozen
7/16/15
Season-only
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 jail in South Carolina.
5 Dougherty County, GA- "Weekend Worriers"
7/23/15
Season-only
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.
6 Douglas, GA: Concrete & Steel
7/30/15
Season-only
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.
7 Richland County SC "Final Jeopardy"
8/5/15
Season-only
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.
8 Oklahoma City, OK: Uncle Inmate
8/13/15
Season-only
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.
9 St. Clair, IL: Lexi's Lockup Lash-Out
8/20/15
Season-only
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 entire cellblock into chaos and lockdown.
10 Douglas County, GA: Buttoning Buttons
8/27/15
Season-only
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.
11 Series Finale- "Lights Out!"
9/3/15
Season-only
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 than 550 troubled teens.

About this show

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

Ratings and reviews

4.7
611 reviews
Julieta Salguero
July 5, 2017
It's pretty good but when I go to the "Dougherty country ga, Weekend Warriors" There a part when one of the kids get pulled to the inmate in the intro and I want see the whole about what happens there. ~Thanks
Jackie Carter
September 7, 2018
Awesome show! As a parent and grandmother , I think it's great to have your kids sit and watch this show. It's like a law class in it's rawest form. Thanks to all the inmates and Officers that bring this show to us
ya boy madi
January 14, 2015
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
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