2011

S3.E1 ∙ Boston, MA : Girls

Sun, Aug 19, 2012

In a city where your neighborhood defines your gang, four at-risk teen girls endure a day in a female jail and learn where their lives are headed. Though they walk into the jail together, the teens will turn on one of their own.

6 /10

S3.E2 ∙ Jacksonville, FL

Sun, Sep 02, 2012

In Jacksonville, Florida, four at-risk teens attend a three-part "scared straight" tour. Towering over nearly everyone, KeShawn, 15, is intimidated by no one.

5.4 /10

S3.E3 ∙ St. Clair County Jail, IL: The Return of Ice Mike

Wed, Oct 03, 2012

Troubled teens that attend the St. Clair County Jail diversion program take a lie detector test that reveals some shocking secrets. Inmates "Ice Mike" and "Hustle Man" return to confront a BMX-riding stoner, a fearless gangster, a terrorizing bully.

7 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Hudson County Correctional Center, N.J.

Wed, Oct 10, 2012

Near the Jersey Shore, four cocky at-risk teens try to charm their way through a harrowing day in a New Jersey jail. Samir, an 18-year-old thief, is a kid on the make, selling tea as marijuana to unsuspecting teens as well as beating those who cross him.

5.6 /10

S3.E5 ∙ Oklahoma County Jail, OK: The Return of Tiny

Wed, Oct 17, 2012

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.

7.1 /10

S3.E6 ∙ San Bernardino County Jail, CA: Parents and Sons

Wed, Oct 24, 2012

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. Larry, an aggressive brawler, argues with deputies until one officer offers a life-changing deal that may reunite him with a long-lost family member. After a visit to the morgue, Jamayne, 14, breaks down sobbing, begging to be released from the tour. Child-like Andrew, who loves weapons, discovers that prison food is not so easy to stomach.

4.4 /10

S3.E7 ∙ Lake County Detention Center, FL

Wed, Oct 31, 2012

In the swamplands of Lake County, Florida, troubled teens find little to do but act out and break the law. Heather, 17, is a beautiful manipulator, who uses her looks to get what she wants.

5.5 /10

S3.E8 ∙ Fulton County Jail, GA

Wed, Nov 07, 2012

In a Georgia jail, four at-risk teens are given a wide-eyed view of the justice system, from having to clean toilets in a cellblock to being interrogated by a judge.

5.2 /10

S3.E9 ∙ Hampton County Regional Jail, VA: Teen Takedown

Wed, Nov 14, 2012

During a "scared straight" tour in Virginia, a money-hungry teen drug dealer named R.J. refuses to be scared and lunges at a taunting inmate until officers subdue him.

5.8 /10

S3.E10 ∙ Richland County, SC: Girls

Wed, Dec 19, 2012

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.)

5.9 /10

S3.E11 ∙ Oneida County, N.Y.

Wed, Dec 26, 2012

In the Oneida County jail in New York, one of a trio of teen hoodlums is made a brutal example in a restraint chair and officers cuff an explosive bully before he even enters the jail.

6.7 /10

S3.E12 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK - Drama Queen

Wed, Jan 02, 2013

A spoiled drama queen thinks the tour of the Oklahoma County Detention Center is just a TV show populated with actors, but she is shocked by the reality of hardened criminals directing her every move.

6.3 /10

S3.E13 ∙ Floyd County Jail, GA

Wed, Jan 09, 2013

An angry teen's cancer-stricken father hopes a trip to Georgia's Floyd County Jail will change his son's destructive ways before it's too late.

6.6 /10

S3.E14 ∙ Portsmouth City Jail, VA: Taking the Rap

Wed, Jan 16, 2013

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 /10

S3.E15 ∙ Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA

Wed, Jan 23, 2013

A bad attitude may be one promiscuous teen girl s biggest weapon, but when she has to share a cell with her inmate cousin in Western Tidewater Regional Jail she finds out family ties do not bind behind bars.

4.9 /10

S3.E16 ∙ Suffolk County, MA: Boys

Wed, Jan 30, 2013

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.

0 /10

S3.E17 ∙ Follow-Up Special

Wed, Feb 06, 2013

In a special episode, Beyond Scared Straight revisits teens from the first few seasons to discover if the jail tours have had a lasting impact on their behavior.

7.1 /10