• Air date: 18 Aug '11 12 episodes
      Observing programs for troubled teens in which inmates reveal the realities of prison life in the hope of deterring them from a life of crime.
  • List of Episodes (12)
    • 1. Mecklenburg County, N.C.

      18 Aug '11
      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.
    • 2. Oakland County, MI

      25 Aug '11
      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.
    • 3. Portsmouth County, VA

      01 Sep '11
      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
    • 4. Oklahoma County, OK

      08 Sep '11
      Oklahoma County is 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, jail seems to be no scarier than the streets. They defy deputies and threaten inmates. When one girl is finally pushed to the breaking point, she lashes out, physically assaulting a deputy and finding out what it really means to be arrested.
    • 5. San Bernadino County, CA

      15 Sep '11
      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.
    • 6. Richland County, SC

      08 Dec '11
      At the Richland County Jail in South Carolina, troubled teens learn firsthand what jail is like when they are locked in cells for a terrifying all-night stay. Sleep is the last thing they will find though, as deputies and inmates rouse them repeatedly from their bunks during the physically grueling sleepover.
    • 7. St. Clair County, IL

      15 Dec '11
      A prison in St. Clair, Ill., is visited by teens who are threatened by screaming inmates
    • 8. San Bernardino County, CA Girls

      22 Dec '11
      Teen girls visit a prison in San Bernardino County, Cal., where one of the teens gets into a confrontation that turns physical.
    • 9. Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA

      29 Dec '11
      Siblings visit the Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Virginia.
    • 10. Queen Anne's County, MD

      05 Jan '12
      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.
    • 11. Oakland County, MI - Girls

      12 Jan '12
      Outside Detroit, a teen trio of female troublemakers who call themselves The Three Musketeers, discover their bond is not tight enough to survive even a day in the Oakland County women's lockup. Courtney, Tia and Renee love to party, but when they are forced by inmates and deputies to scrub a jail cellblock and bathroom, the party is over. Meanwhile Taylor, a 16-year old thief, is swarmed by screaming female inmates who learn that she stole $2,000 from her grandparents, and one teen makes an une
    • 12. Hampton Roads Regional Jail

      19 Jan '12
      In the third-season finale, a teenage pyromaniac visits Virginia's Hampton Roads Regional Jail, where his mom works as a deputy.