A&E renews reality series Beyond Scared Straight.
A&E Network has given a 13-episode order, renewing the series inspired by Arnold Shapiro’s Scared Straight! documentary for a third season run, reports Deadline.
Each one-hour episode focuses on a different existing "behind bars" program in the U.S. and follows four or five at-risk teens - before they attend the program, throughout their day behind bars, immediately afterwards - and then following up with them one-month later to see the lasting impact of the experience on their lives.
A combination of confrontation, information and communication, these youthful offender programs put boys and girls of all ethnicities, ranging in age from 11-19, into intensive one-day "incarceration" sessions that show them the realities of life behind bars.
Check out the official site for Beyond Scared Straight.