2011

S5.E1 ∙ Albuquerque, NM: Dance, Bieber, Dance

Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Alex, a 17-year-old stoner, tries to defend his girlfriend's honor against a cellblock full of snarling, tattooed inmates at Albuquerque's Metropolitan Detention Center.

6.9 /10

S5.E2 ∙ Floyd County, GA: Snitches Get Stitches

Wed, Oct 09, 2013

For the first time, a violent teen featured on a previous "Beyond Scared Straight" episode is now a submissive inmate hoping to change the lives of a new group of teens in Floyd County, GA.

6.2 /10

S5.E3 ∙ Oklahoma County, OK: Insane and Chaos

Wed, Oct 16, 2013

Fifteen-year-old fighter Steven becomes enraged and tries to run from officers to escape the harsh realities of Oklahoma County Jail.

6 /10

S5.E4 ∙ Queen Anne's County, MD: Outside and Inside

Wed, Oct 23, 2013

In Queen Anne's County, Maryland, troubled teens visit a jail, a funeral home and an emergency room, leading to a deadly encounter.

5.8 /10

S5.E5 ∙ Fulton County, GA

Wed, Oct 30, 2013

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.

5.9 /10

Football player Austin, 17, wants to join the SWAT team after graduation, but drugs and fighting are leading him straight to "the longest yard." Sixteen-year-old Logan assumes that as the son of a cop, he will never end up in jail, regardless of his at-risk behavior. At 6'1" and 230 pounds, Robert, 14, has been arrested four times for battery but meets his match in an officer twice his size. Sabrina, 14, who is failing the 8th grade, faces an aggressive inmate who threatens the same violent treatment Sabrina has dealt her own mother.

6.2 /10

S5.E7 ∙ St. Clair County, IL: Rambo Behind Bars

Wed, Nov 13, 2013

At St. Clair County Jail in Illinois, a troubled teen disappears into a crush of angry inmates as deputies and his loyal, street-tough brother try to figure out where he has gone.

5.9 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Dougherty County, GA

Wed, Nov 20, 2013

Chavez, 15, an explosive fighter and thief, taunts Georgia deputies and inmates by wearing a homemade t-shirt that mocks efforts to scare him straight. "Blue", 12, a pint-sized stoner, stayed out long after curfew and was kicked out of school.

6.1 /10