Tuesday 23 October 2012

Beyond Scared Straight: Call for Help




At-risk teens learn how cramped and dangerous a jail cell can be, especially when they make a call for help.

Monday 22 October 2012

US rights groups demand an end to solitary confinement for children

 
originally by: TBIJ
published: 11 October 2012
Children as young as 13 are being placed in solitary confinement for months at a time in US jails, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The report, Growing Up Locked Down documents, for the first time, the widespread use of solitary confinement on youth under the age of 18 in prisons and jails across the US.
The report makes shocking reading. It documents a 15-year-old carving the first letter of her mother’s name into her arm, another 15-year-old boy locked in solitary for 15 days for not making his bed, a 14 year-old who spent 60 days locked up alone and juveniles describing their experience as being like a slow death.
Nobody knows how many juveniles are held in solitary, as it is not documented, but it is estimated that between 3% and 5% of US prisoners are held in solitary and anecdotal evidence suggests that, in some systems, children may be isolated at even higher rates than adults.

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Friday 12 October 2012

Beyond Scared Straight: Attitude



Teen is taken aside and put in lock down because of his bad attitude

Beyond Scared Straight: Let Him In



A teen looses his composure when the guards threaten to put him in the pen with the inmates

Thursday 11 October 2012

Beyond Scared Straight: Defiance




In this scene from the episode, Hampton Roads, VA, A troubled teen can't control his anger when inmates antagonize him.

Beyond Scared Straight: This Is Jail





In this scene from the episode, Hampton Roads, VA, Teen is exposed to the realities of jail and she breaks down.

Wednesday 10 October 2012

US: Teens in Solitary Confinement





Young people are held in solitary confinement in jails and prisons across the United States, often for weeks or months at a time. The isolation of solitary confinement causes anguish, provokes serious mental and physical health problems, and works against rehabilitation for teenagers.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Beyond Scared Straight: Body Bag


In this scene from the episode, Jacksonville, FL, A troubled teen visits the morgue and is put in a body bag to make him realize how his actions effect his mother.

Beyond Scared Straight: Hudson County, NJ - Sneak Peek - 4



In this sneak peek from the episode, 'Hudson County, NJ', The at-risk teens have to go through pushup drills and clean up the floors that are full of garbage.

Beyond Scared Straight: Wanna Be Grown




In this scene from the episode, St. Clair, IL, An inmate tries to show a promiscious teen the error in her ways.

Beyond Scared Straight: The Pod





In this scene from the episode, St. Clair, IL, Teens are exposed to one of the prisons "pods" where inmates bombard them,screaming, antagonizing them and urging them that this is not where they want to be.

Beyond Scared Straight: Hudson County, NJ - Sneak Peek - 2





In this sneak peek from the episode, 'Hudson County, NJ', The inmates talk to the teens about being in gangs and what can happen in jail if you are cell mates with a crazy inmate.

Beyond Scared Straight: Hudson County, NJ - Sneak Peek - 3

Monday 8 October 2012

Beyond Scared Straight: Sneak Peek - Ep 26 - 3





In this scene from the episode, 'St. Clair, IL', The troubled teens are sent to general population of the facility and have over 40 inmates rush at them.

Beyond Scared Straight: Sneak Peek - Ep 26 - 2





In this scene from the episode, St. Clair, IL, Inmate Ice Mike is trying to teach a troubled teen about the boys she is having sexual encounters with. Ice Mike lets her know that what's happening is actually rape.

Beyond Scared Straight: Sneak Peek - Ep 26 - 4




In this Sneak Peek from the episode, 'St. Clair, IL', The correctional officers send the teens to the quiet room. A room where inmates go that are too violent for general population.

Beyond Scared Straight: Beyond Scared Straight - Episode 26 Sneak Peek 1





In this sneak peek from the episode, 'St. Clair, IL', a female convict gives a life lesson in hanging out and partying with strangers to a promiscuous teen.