Beyond Scared Straight Season 4 is an American reality TV series, that was first officially aired on A&E. This season continues its gripping exploration of juvenile crime prevention programs in ...

"What I'm most proud of is the way it saved lives," says producer-director Arnold Shapiro of the feature doc winner. "I've got files full of letters from people who say they'd be dead or in prison if ...

In 1978 when I was 10 years old the first "Scared Straight" documentary was released. Narrated by Peter Falk, TV's "Columbo," the film followed the experience of "juvenile delinquents," teens we would ...

Some 40 years ago, I came across “Scared Straight” (1978), a controversial program to steer young people away from prisons that was directed and produced by Arnold Shapiro, who won an Academy Award ...

Beyond Scared Straight is an American true-crime TV series. It follows troubled teenagers who spend one to three days in prison or jail to learn from the inmates about the realities of being ...