The BEST episodes of Beyond Scared Straight season 2
Every episode of Beyond Scared Straight season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Beyond Scared Straight season 2!
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, "Beyond Scared Straight" profiles the new approach to keeping today's kids from becoming tomorrow's convicts. Much like the original version of "Scared Straight!," these youthful offender programs put boys and girls of all ethnicities, ranging in age from 13-18, into intensive one-day in-prison sessions that show them the realities of life behind bars. However, in many dramatic ways, these 21st Century programs are very different from the original because today's youth needs a different approach. For current teens, city streets can be as dangerous as the life they believe exists behind bars. TV, film and music have glorified the gang and prison experience and the task of "scaring" teens is more complicated now than ever. As a result, inmates have had to adapt their methods - making them more a combination of intimidation, information and communication - and the results for the new program have proven to be equally effective. Each 60-minute episode of "Beyond Scared Straight" will focus on a different prison program in the U.S., following 4 -5 at-risk teens. Viewers will follow them as they attend the program, experience the
#1 - Oakland County, MI
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/25/2011
Oakland County, Michigan is a stone's throw from Detroit's infamous 8-Mile and the streets here are just as tough - but the deputies and inmates who run Oakland County Jail's "Turn-Around" program are even tougher.
#2 - Portsmouth County, VA
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2011
The at-risk teens of Portsmouth County, Virginia aren't afraid to fight back when confronted with a loud cellblock at Portsmouth County Jail. For one teen, a day is not enough and he is shocked when deputies show up at his home and return him to the
#3 - Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/29/2011
Siblings visit the Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Virginia.
#4 - San Bernadino County, CA
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2011
In the second-season finale, San Bernardino County Jail in California is visited by four teens who are also taken to the morgue to witness the consequences of gang violence.
#5 - Oakland County, Mich. (Girls)
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2012
Female troublemakers known as the Three Musketeer learn some hard lessons behind bars.
#6 - Hampton Roads Regional Jail
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2012
In the third-season finale, a teenage pyromaniac visits Virginia's Hampton Roads Regional Jail, where his mom works as a deputy.
#7 - Oklahoma County, Okla
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2011
Teens in Oklahoma are being pulled into the gang lifestyle.
#8 - Queen Anne's County, MD
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2012
At the Queen Anne's County Jail "Reset" program in Maryland, six at-risk teens endure a four-day intervention program depicting the terrors of jail, a drunk driving fatality in a hospital trauma center and a glimpse of their own funeral. Eighteen year-old partiers Daria and Christopher, who are girlfriend and boyfriend, will find their relationship tested when they are forced to testify against each other in court.
#9 - San Bernardino County, CA Girls
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/2011
Teen girls visit a prison in San Bernardino County, Cal., where one of the teens gets into a confrontation that turns physical.
#10 - St. Clair County, IL
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/2011
A prison in St. Clair, Ill., is visited by teens who are threatened by screaming inmates
#11 - Richland County, S.C.
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/2011
South Carolina law-enforcement officials hope a long night in jail will knock some sense into teenage troublemakers.
#12 - Mecklenburg County, N.C.
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/18/2011
In Charlotte, NC, teen troublemaker Jose goes head-to-head with terrifying inmates and Sgt. Garrett, one of the toughest female jail deputies Beyond Scared Straight has come across. When Jose refuses to follow an order, Sgt. Garrett makes it her mission to break him down.