| Genres: | Crime, Reality, Adolescent |
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Beyond Scared Straight profiles the new approach to keeping today's teens from becoming tomorrow's prisoners.
The power of the original Scared Straight! program has inspired dozens of inmate-run intervention programs in men's and women's prisons across the country.
These youthful offender programs put boys and girls of all ethnicities and backgrounds, ranging in age from 11-18, into intensive one-day in-prison sessions that show them the realities of life behind bars.
