2011

S2.E1 ∙ Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Wed, Aug 17, 2011

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.

6.3 /10

S2.E2 ∙ Oakland County, MI

Wed, Aug 24, 2011

Fourteen year-old Joseph, an explosive giant who attacks his adopted parents, may have finally met his match in the hardened inmates and officers of the Oakland County Jail near Detroit, Michigan.

5.8 /10

S2.E3 ∙ Portsmouth County, VA

Wed, Aug 31, 2011

An at-risk teen, with dreams of a rap career, gets a wake-up call win he sees where his love of drugs and gang activity will lead, during a visit to the Portsmouth County Jail in Virginia.

6.3 /10

S2.E4 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK

Wed, Sep 07, 2011

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.

5.9 /10

S2.E5 ∙ San Bernardino County, CA - Boys

Wed, Sep 14, 2011

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. Gerry, who sells drugs, threatens a deputy and Cesar, a thief, spits on an inmate.

5.6 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Richland County, SC

Wed, Dec 07, 2011

A frustrated Texas mother ships her three defiant daughters 1000 miles, so that they must endure the nation s only overnight jail program in Richland County, South Carolina. (60 min.)

6.5 /10

S2.E7 ∙ St. Clair County, IL

Wed, Dec 14, 2011

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.

5.8 /10

S2.E8 ∙ San Bernardino County, CA: Girls

Wed, Dec 21, 2011

In San Bernardino County, outside LA, parents are losing control of their teens. Troublemaker Alexis tires of his parents' rules and calls immigration authorities on them.

5.4 /10

S2.E9 ∙ Western Tidewater Regional Jail, Va.

Wed, Dec 28, 2011

At-risk siblings from Virginia are exposed to the deadly realities of life behind bars, leading to a life-shattering confession at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.

5.8 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Queen Anne's County, Md.

Wed, Jan 04, 2012

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.

6.1 /10

S2.E11 ∙ Oakland County, MI - Girls

Wed, Jan 11, 2012

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.

5.6 /10

S2.E12 ∙ Hampton Roads Regional Jail, VA

Wed, Jan 18, 2012

At Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia, four teens think that the reputations they've built for themselves on the streets will protect them from an inmate onslaught behind bars. One teen is targeted by gang members and changing his ways may be the only thing to save his life.

6.7 /10