Beyond Scared Straight
'Beyond Scared Straight!' will once again show young offender intervention programs, only these have evolved since 'scaring teens is no longer as easy of a task.' Each of the four episodes will focus on a different prison program, following a group of at-risk teens and preteens going through the program and then catching up with them one month later.
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV
Cast:Leanna , Samuel Robinson , Cecilia , Roderiguez , Emily , Priscilla , Kristin Funke , Dusty Dial , DJ King Assassin
S1.E1 ∙ Chowchilla
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.
S1.E2 ∙ Jessup
Five at-risk girls are subjected to a terrifying simulation of the degrading process of entering a female prison. Four friends, busted together for shoplifting, have a unique opportunity to jointly discover the horror of prison life. The prison tour reaches its greatest emotional impact when teens open up to the inmates, causing one girl to reveal a tragic secret.
S1.E3 ∙ Corcoran
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 prison life. The teens include Stephen, 16, a violent youth who threatens his teachers; Josh and Armando, 16, twin brothers and gang members; Elijha, 15, a car thief; and Abraham, 16, who thinks that going to jail is no big deal.
S1.E4 ∙ Lieber
In this episode six teens, some of whom have already served time in Juvenile Hall, get a dose of grown-up prison life at the Lieber Correctional Facility in South Carolina. The inmate-run "Operation Behind Bars" program puts the teens in tiny cells and introduces them to "Lock-Up," the prison within a prison for the worst inmates. The most shocking moments come when the prison's murderers and thieves tell the kids their personal stories.
S1.E5 ∙ San Quentin
Viewers go into one of the nation's most infamous prisons to see how four teens who have already been involved in crime react to experiencing prison life first-hand. They stand outside Death Row, experience the taunts of prisoners in overcrowded cells, and hear the inmates tell them that fear is everywhere in the prison, and violence is around every corner.
S1.E6 ∙ Hagerstown
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. The teens include, Shane, 17, a violent youth who is surprised he hasn't killed anyone, Garrett, 13, who has been kicked out of eight schools already, Brandy, 16, who skips school to smoke pot, her brother Shawn, 15, who protects Brandy at any cost and Richard, 18, a towering jock who drinks, blacks out and awakens bloodied from brawling.
S1.E7 ∙ Jessup Women's Prison, MD
Five at-risk girls are subjected to a terrifying simulation of the degrading process of entering a female prison. Four friends, busted together for shoplifting, have a unique opportunity to jointly discover the horror of prison life. The prison tour reaches its greatest emotional impact when teens open up to the inmates, causing one girl to reveal a tragic secret.
S2.E1 ∙ Mecklenburg County, N.C.
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 inmates and one of the toughest female jail deputies Beyond Scared Straight has come across, Sgt.Garrett. When Jose finally refuses to follow an order, Sgt. Garrett makes it her mission to break Jose down.
S2.E2 ∙ Oakland County, MI
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.
S2.E3 ∙ Portsmouth County, VA
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.
S2.E4 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK
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. For two pairs of at-risk girls who enter the Oklahoma County Jail intervention program, jail seems to be no scarier than the streets.
S2.E5 ∙ San Bernardino County, CA - Boys
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 Jail, neither the deputies nor inmates seem to make an impact. Gerry, who sells drugs, threatens a deputy and Cesar, a thief, spits on an inmate.
S2.E6 ∙ Richland County, SC
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.)
S2.E7 ∙ St. Clair County, IL
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.
S2.E8 ∙ San Bernardino County, CA: Girls
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.
S2.E9 ∙ Western Tidewater Regional Jail, Va.
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.
S2.E10 ∙ Queen Anne's County, Md.
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.
S2.E11 ∙ Oakland County, MI - Girls
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.
S2.E12 ∙ Hampton Roads Regional Jail, VA
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 targeted by gang members and changing his ways may be the only thing to save his life.
S3.E1 ∙ Boston, MA : Girls
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 will turn on one of their own.
S3.E2 ∙ Jacksonville, FL
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.
S3.E3 ∙ St. Clair County Jail, IL: The Return of Ice Mike
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 to confront a BMX-riding stoner, a fearless gangster, a terrorizing bully.
S3.E4 ∙ Hudson County Correctional Center, N.J.
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 unsuspecting teens as well as beating those who cross him.
S3.E5 ∙ Oklahoma County Jail, OK: The Return of Tiny
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.
S3.E6 ∙ San Bernardino County Jail, CA: Parents and Sons
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 brawler, argues with deputies until one officer offers a life-changing deal that may reunite him with a long-lost family member. After a visit to the morgue, Jamayne, 14, breaks down sobbing, begging to be released from the tour. Child-like Andrew, who loves weapons, discovers that prison food is not so easy to stomach.
S3.E7 ∙ Lake County Detention Center, FL
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.
S3.E8 ∙ Fulton County Jail, GA
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.
S3.E9 ∙ Hampton County Regional Jail, VA: Teen Takedown
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.
S3.E10 ∙ Richland County, SC: Girls
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.)
S3.E11 ∙ Oneida County, N.Y.
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.
S3.E12 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK - Drama Queen
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.
S3.E13 ∙ Floyd County Jail, GA
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.
S3.E14 ∙ Portsmouth City Jail, VA: Taking the Rap
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.
S3.E15 ∙ Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA
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 behind bars.
S3.E16 ∙ Suffolk County, MA: Boys
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.
S3.E17 ∙ Follow-Up Special
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.
S4.E1 ∙ Oneida County, NY: Girls
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.
S4.E2 ∙ Floyd County, GA: Deputy Lyle Returns
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.
S4.E3 ∙ Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA: Big and Bad
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.
S4.E4 ∙ Lake County, FL
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.
S4.E5 ∙ Oakland County, MI: Family Matters
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.
S4.E6 ∙ St. Clair County, IL: The Return of Hustle Man
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.
S4.E7 ∙ Douglas County, GA
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.
S4.E8 ∙ Hampton Roads, VA: Girls Fight Back
At Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Virginia, 4 teens think that the hard reputations will protect them from an inmate onslaught behind bars. One teen is targeted by gang members and changing his ways may be the only thing to save his life.
S4.E9 ∙ Richland County, SC: Truth or Consequences
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.
S5.E1 ∙ Albuquerque, NM: Dance, Bieber, Dance
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.
S5.E2 ∙ Floyd County, GA: Snitches Get Stitches
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.
S5.E3 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK: Insane and Chaos
Fifteen-year-old fighter Steven becomes enraged and tries to run from officers to escape the harsh realities of Oklahoma County Jail.
S5.E4 ∙ Queen Anne's County, MD: Outside and Inside
In Queen Anne's County, Maryland, troubled teens visit a jail, a funeral home and an emergency room, leading to a deadly encounter.
S5.E5 ∙ Fulton County, GA
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.
S5.E6 ∙ Charlotte County, FL
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 cop, he will never end up in jail, regardless of his at-risk behavior. At 6'1" and 230 pounds, Robert, 14, has been arrested four times for battery but meets his match in an officer twice his size. Sabrina, 14, who is failing the 8th grade, faces an aggressive inmate who threatens the same violent treatment Sabrina has dealt her own mother.
S5.E7 ∙ St. Clair County, IL: Rambo Behind Bars
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.
S5.E8 ∙ Dougherty County, GA
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 long after curfew and was kicked out of school.
S6.E1 ∙ Western Tidewater, VA: Family Ties
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.
S6.E2 ∙ Douglas County, GA: A Family's Loss
Following the jail tour, the streets sadly takes the life of of a teen trying to head down a better path.
S6.E3 ∙ Chester County, SC: Roundtree Circle
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.
S6.E4 ∙ St. Clair County, IL: Precious Time
Nineteen-year-old Anthony is a self-described hustler, but when he angers the wrong inmate during St. Clair County Jail, IL's "Scared Straight" program, he suddenly finds himself at the center of a screaming mob.
S6.E5 ∙ Portsmouth County, VA: Without My Daddy
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.
S6.E6 ∙ Oklahoma City, OK: Teen Father?
Two brothers and their sister are on a rampage of violence and crime until they are split apart in Oklahoma County Jail, OK.
S6.E7 ∙ Dougherty County, GA: Song for Sandals
A twelve-year-old boy genius, who is convinced he can outsmart anyone, is tested in the fundamentals of jail-house survival at Georgia's Dougherty County Jail.
S6.E8 ∙ Fulton County, GA: My Father, the Inmate
A 17-year-old thief named Corey steals multiple cars and has no remorse about being "gone in 60 seconds". When he discovers his step-dad imprisoned inside Fulton County Jail, GA his world comes crashing down.
S7.E1 ∙ St. Clair County, IL: Bunk and Junk
A teen fighter makes a run for it only to be thrown into a cell with the imposing inmate she was trying to escape; a gang-banger is stunned to meet his own incarcerated brother during the jail tour; a teen starts heading down the right path only to meet a tragic end; and a promiscuous, drug-using teenage girl reveals to an officer that parenthood may be looming.
S7.E2 ∙ Chester County, SC: Girls
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.
S7.E3 ∙ San Bernardino, CA: Hold on Turbo
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?
S7.E4 ∙ Hampton Roads, VA: Jailhouse Rap
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.
S7.E5 ∙ Douglas County, GA: Judgement Day
Sixteen-year-old fighter Timothy lies to a judge, and the consequences may keep him locked up in Georgia's Douglas County Jail.
S7.E6 ∙ Fulton County, GA: Blood Orange
A 13-year old gang member visits a prison in Georgia.
S8.E1 ∙ Oklahoma City, OK: Tears of a Clown
Violent sisters from Oklahoma City visit a prison in the eighth season premiere.
S8.E2 ∙ Western Tidewater, VA: Mother and Child Reunion
A 14-year old girl visits a prison in Virginia where her mother is incarcerated.
S8.E3 ∙ St. Clair County, Ill.: History of Violence
A 17-year old gang member visits a prison in Illinois.
S8.E4 ∙ Fulton, GA: Facing Foxxxxy
A violent 15 year old boy visits a prison in Georgia.
S8.E5 ∙ Chester, SC: The Harder They Fall
An abusive 16 year old rapper visits a prison in South Carolina.
S9.E1 ∙ Fulton County, GA: Wasted Time
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.
S9.E2 ∙ Floyd, GA: Dep. Lyle Lays Down the Law
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.
S9.E3 ∙ Portsmouth, VA: Jail House Cookies
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.
S9.E4 ∙ Chester, SC: Cornflake, Sandbag & Frozen
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.
S9.E5 ∙ Dougherty County, GA: Weekend Worriers
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.
S9.E6 ∙ Douglas, GA: Concrete & Steel
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.
S9.E7 ∙ Richland County, SC: Final Jeopardy
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.
S9.E8 ∙ Oklahoma City, OK: Uncle Inmate
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.
S9.E9 ∙ St. Clair, IL: Lexi's Lockup Lash-Out
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.
S9.E10 ∙ Douglas County, GA: Buttoning Buttons
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.
S9.E11 ∙ Lights Out!
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.
