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Beyond Scared Straight

Beyond Scared Straight

Description: Based on the multiple award-winning documentary "Scared Straight!" from executive producer Arnold Shapiro, "Beyond Scared Straight," much like the original, profiles unique juvenile crime prevention programs in prisons across the U.S. Each hourlong episode follows a handful of at-risk teenagers as they attend a program, which includes an intensive one-day session in a prison. A month later, the teens are asked what, if any, lasting impressions the program had on them. Some change their ways following the experience while others continue down the same path they were on before.
Genre: Crime, Reality-TV
Year Released: 2011
Number of seasons: 9
Number of episodes: 83
First episode air date: January 13, 2011
Network: A&E Network
Language: English
Executive Producer: Arnold Shapiro
Writers: Arnold Shapiro
Nominations: Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
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