Beyond Scared Straight — Season 1, Episode 7: Jessup Women's Prison
Reality, Documentary, Crime • 60 min • 9 seasons, 84 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
Five at-risk girls are subjected to a terrifying simulation of the degrading process of entering a female prison. Four friends, busted together for shoplifting, have a unique opportunity to jointly discover the horror of prison life. The prison tour reaches its greatest emotional impact when teens open up to the inmates, causing one girl to reveal a tragic secret.
About Beyond Scared Straight
Observing programs for troubled teens in which inmates reveal the realities of prison life in the hope of deterring them from a life of crime.