Episode Guide

Suffolk County, MA (Boys)

Fresh from the hood, Boston teens face rival gang members whose local loyalties persist behind bars, when they tour the Suffolk County Jail in Massachusetts.

Episode: 25

Premiere Date: January 31 2013

Oklahoma City, OK

Four at-risk teens from the hard streets of Oklahoma City are confronted by gang members and their own emotions while touring the county jail. A hardened female inmate who is an avowed member of the Aryan Brotherhood zeroes in on each teen, regardless of race, describing a vivid and terrifying portrait of what she's capable of doing to all of them. Juvenile Raven, a 13-year old street-smart gang member, believes in death before dishonoring her crew. But she finds out from juvenile gang offenders that female gang bangers suffer a brutal fate, whether in jail or on the street. Female inmates set their sights on Raven, who isn't afraid to fight back. Teen gangbanger Taylon comes face to face with an inmate whose tattoos illustrate his lethal hatred of rival gangs. Teens are forced to wear weighted vests and pot-smoker Tori realizes she can't handle the burden. In a final, emotionally haunting scene, the teens must confront their parents in a visitation room.

Episode: 20

Premiere Date: October 18 2012

Hampton Roads Regional Jail, VA

In Hampton Roads, VA, teenage pyromaniac Robert discovers that he wouldn't survive behind bars, even though his mother is one of the deputies at the jail.

Episode: 18

Premiere Date: January 19 2012

Oakland County, MI (Girls)

Outside Detroit, a teen trio of female troublemakers discovers their bond is not tight enough to survive even a day inside a women's lockup.

Episode: 15

Premiere Date: January 12 2012

Queen Anne's County, MD

In Maryland, during a four-day intervention experience where at-risk teens witness both jail and their own funeral, a boyfriend and girlfriend turn on each other.

Episode: 16

Premiere Date: January 05 2012

San Bernardino County, CA Girls

Near Los Angeles, a teenaged female gang member defies inmates and deputies, leading to a physical confrontation in the chow hall.

Episode: 13

Premiere Date: December 22 2011

St. Clair County, IL

After being mobbed by a cellblock of screaming inmates, at-risk teens from St. Clair, IL, are shocked when the terror follows them outside the jail.

Episode: 14

Premiere Date: December 15 2011

Richland County, SC

In Richland County, SC, troubled teens stay in jail overnight as deputies and violent convicts make it a sleepless experience.

Episode: 8

Premiere Date: December 08 2011

San Bernardino County, CA Boys

The mean streets of Los Angeles reach deep into San Bernardino County, where teens look to join gangs at an early age. For four teens that begin an intervention program at the San Bernardino County Jail, neither the deputies nor inmates seem to make an impact. Jerry, who uses drugs, threatens a deputy and Cesar, a thief, spits on an inmate. The group finally discovers the deadly consequences of violent gang life with a harrowing, up-close encounter with corpses at the county morgue.

Episode: 10

Premiere Date: September 15 2011

Oklahoma County, OK

Where once it stood for cowboys and cattle, Oklahoma County is now 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 who enter the Oklahoma County Jail intervention program, 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 means to be arrested.

Episode: 12

Premiere Date: September 08 2011

Portsmouth County, VA

The at-risk teens of Portsmouth County, Virginia aren't afraid to fight back when confronted with a loud cellblock at Portsmouth County Jail. Angela gets into a screaming match with one verbally abusive inmate while Brian, who answers teasing with violence, insults another inmate and is pulled screaming into his cell. For one teen, a day is not enough and he is shocked when deputies show up at his home and return him to the jail for a day of hard labor.

Episode: 9

Premiere Date: September 01 2011

Oakland County, MI

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. They are physical, vocal and in-your-face. They may have met their match in Brandon, a drug-dealing teen who proves himself with his fists and claims that he was "raised by the streets." Brandon fights back from the moment the intervention tour begins. When an inmate physically challenges Brandon, things reach a fever pitch, and for the first time on Beyond Scared Straight, deputies go into action and a teen is thrown out of the program.

Episode: 7

Premiere Date: August 25 2011

Mecklenburg County, NC

In Charlotte, NC, a group of at-risk teens, including a wannabe gangster and a drug dealer, is taken to Mecklenburg County Jail. Jose, the most defiant teen, goes head-to-head with terrifying inmates and one of the toughest female jail deputies Beyond Scared Straight has come across, Sgt.Garrett. When Jose finally refuses to follow an order, Sgt. Garrett makes it her mission to break Jose down. (60 minute version.)

Episode: 11

Premiere Date: August 18 2011