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Beyond Scared Straight Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 2012 - 2013
Episode 1
Boston, MA : Girls
Mon, Aug 20, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 2
Jacksonville, FL
Mon, Sep 3, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 3
St. Clair County Jail, IL: The Return of Ice Mike
Thu, Oct 4, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 4
Hudson County Correctional Center, N.J.
Thu, Oct 11, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 5
Oklahoma County Jail, OK: The Return of Tiny
Thu, Oct 18, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 6
San Bernardino County Jail, CA: Parents and Sons
Thu, Oct 25, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 7
Lake County Detention Center, FL
Thu, Nov 1, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 8
Fulton County Jail, GA
Thu, Nov 8, 201244 mins
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.
Episode 9
Hampton County Regional Jail, VA: Teen Takedown
Thu, Nov 15, 201244 mins
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. Jada, 13, a cheerleader who likes to steal, meets a fellow cheerleader who is now behind bars. Jourdan, 12, greets the day with a laugh but soon is overwhelmed and in tears screaming for the inmates to get out of her face.
Episode 10
Richland County, SC: Girls
Thu, Dec 20, 201267 mins
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, SC. Kandra, 16, is a seasoned thief and fighter. Her younger sisters, Kyondra, 15, a promiscuous teen with a short fuse and Kayvyun, 14 whose rage outmatches both of them push deputies to the edge. The younger two defy every command, turning the tour into an exhausting all-night standoff. Breanna, 14, another explosive fighter, arrives ready to prove she's tougher than anyone including Kayvyun. The two clash repeatedly, leaving officers drained. When Breanna acts out once more, deputies call in her probation officer just to regain control. By morning, as the teens are being transported to reunite with their parents, Breanna's attitude sparks one last blow up. Officers pull her from the van and kick her out of the program-leaving her alone, angry, and full of regret.
Episode 11
Oneida County, N.Y.
Thu, Dec 27, 201244 mins
At Oneida County Jail in New York,one of a trio of hoodlums are made a brutal example of in a restraint chair; Meanwhile, 15-year-old David, who struggles with uncontrollable anger, is cuffed before he even steps inside the jail. But in the Maximum Security Unit, he meets his match-a violent inmate who isn't fazed by David's attitude and is more than ready to erupt.
Episode 12
Oklahoma County, OK - Drama Queen
Thu, Jan 3, 201344 mins
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. Nick, 16, smokes weed daily and sees nothing wrong with it, but during the physically exhausting tour, his attitude begins to shift. Isaiah, 12, loves to fight and brags about being feared at school but when inmates get in his face, he learns what real intimidation feels like meanwhile Brion, 12, a self proclaimed ghetto girl attempts to confront a frightening kidnapper and inmate named "Twin" who explodes in a violent outburst, Brion is left shaken. Will these four teens take the warnings seriously or keep heading down a dangerous path?
Episode 13
Floyd County Jail, GA
Thu, Jan 10, 201344 mins
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. Brothers Davontea, 17 and Dontayveon, 13 smoke pot and steal, but in jail, they learn firsthand how the justice system can steal their freedom. Known for his no-nonsense approach, Deputy Lyle surprises everyone when he softens during a heartfelt moment, offering the brothers real advice on how to save themselves from destruction. Seventeen-year-old Toby, a veteran of juvie with over 20 arrests, walks in unfazed, after nonstop attitude and disrespect, Deputy Lyle explodes at him. Meanwhile, Ciale, 13, overwhelmed by the chaos, breaks down just entering a cell block of violent inmates.
Episode 14
Portsmouth City Jail, VA: Taking the Rap
Thu, Jan 17, 201344 mins
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.
Episode 15
Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA
Thu, Jan 24, 201344 mins
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.14-year-old shoplifter Keke, who told her mother she hated her and wished she were dead, is nearly denied release after the program leaving her to wonder if she pushed her family too far to come back from. Charlie, just 12-years-old, already drinks alcohol; Cole, 15, claims to be a hardened gangster on the streets, in jail, his toughness is put to the test.
Episode 16
Suffolk County, MA: Boys
Thu, Jan 31, 201343 mins
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.
Episode 17
Follow-Up Special
Thu, Feb 7, 201367 mins
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.
