Air date: 1/3/2013
Summary: A spoiled teenage girl visits a prison in Oklahoma County, Okla.
A&E's hit series "Beyond Scared Straight" profiles dramatic prison and jail deterrence programs aimed at keeping today's at-risk teens from becoming tomorrow's prisoners. Each one-hour episode focuses on a different existing "behind bars" program in the U.S. and follows four or five at-risk teens - before they attend the program, throughout their day behind bars, immediately afterwards - and then following up with them one-month later to see the lasting impact of the experience on their lives. A combination of confrontation, information and communication, these youthful offender programs put boys and girls of all ethnicities, ranging in age from 11-19, into intensive one-day "incarceration" sessions that show them the realities of life behind bars. This season, viewers will see things never seen before in this series: teens are kept in cells all night in a unique overnight program; a teen is thrown out for defiant, combative behavior; inmates are tasered and extracted from cells; and more. BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT is about transforming the lives of young people through hope and second-chances.
Beyond Scared Straight is a new series executive produced by Arnold Shapiro and based on his Academy Award and multiple Emmy-Winning documentary "Scared Straight!," that will profile unique approaches to juvenile crime prevention in prisons around the U.S. "Scared Straight!" has become an iconic name and a cultural phenomenon over the years. The film made a huge impact - showcasing the radical and effective juvenile intervention program that took place in a New Jersey prison. Since they were created, both the prison program and the film have turned countless kids away from drugs, violence and crime. 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; and this series will showcase several of them. Under the auspices of Arnold Shapiro,
