Videos: Beyond Scared Straight

Scared Straight!, the Academy Award & multiple-Emmy-winning documentary film by Arnold Shapiro, made a huge impact on audiences through its portrayal of an effective juvenile prevention/intervention program at a NJ prison. Over the years, both the prison program and the film have turned countless kids away from drugs, violence and crime, and kept them out of prison.

Based on the Academy and multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary "Scared Straight!" this new series from executive producer Arnold Shapiro profiles the radical, effective - and continually evolving - approach to keeping today's kids from becoming tomorrow's convicts.

Based on the Academy and multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary "Scared Straight!" this new series from executive producer Arnold Shapiro profiles the radical, effective - and continually evolving - approach to keeping today's kids from becoming tomorrow's convicts.

Scene lift: Inmates in Georgia intimidate teens to show them how everyday is a struggle in prison

In this scene from the episode Oklahoma County, OK, Female inmates intimidate troubled teens in Oklahoma.

In this scene from the episode Oklahoma County, OK, An arrogant teenage girl is the first to break down when she gets to a prison in Oklahoma.

In this scene from the episode Western Tidewater, VA, Teenage girls are shown the womens' cells in a Virginia prison.

Scene lift: Prison guards persuade a teen to be a better role model for his younger brother

In this scene from the episode Western Tidewater, VA, Teenage girls in Virginia get a tour of the regional prison.

Scared Straight!, the Academy Award & multiple-Emmy-winning documentary film by Arnold Shapiro, made a huge impact on audiences through its portrayal of an effective juvenile prevention/intervention program at a NJ prison. Over the years, both the prison program and the film have turned countless kids away from drugs, violence and crime, and kept them out of prison.

In this scene from the episode Suffolk County, MA, A teen shows no fear when prison inmates corner him and prison gaurds intervene before things get out of hand

Officers at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail show the kids the weapons that they have confiscated from the prisoners.

Cpl. Brenda Sandford of the Queen Anne's County Dept. of Corrections shows the kids the items and clothes they will be given when they go to jail.

In this Scene, A teen who is big for his age encounters an imate bigger than him who could eat him up.

Teens come face to face with real hardened criminals for the first time.