I shook my head no out of nervousness and this C.O. So why do parents continue to place their kids in scared straight programs? It may be that children 15-17 are already beyond saving, at least from the standpoint of the Beyond Scared Straight Program? The mouthy teen would first be brought on the set and was allowed to disrespect everyone all the while being booed by the audience. ROY V. LEWIS. This of course brought cheers from the audience. Read all of it below.Ryan Schill is the editor of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.
Two states suspended Scared Straight programs on Friday. Walter was just eleven years old when he was admitted to L.A.’s infamous Scared Straight program for graffiti related crimes. According to the OJJDP, “The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, prohibits court-involved youth from being detained, confined, or otherwise having contact with adult inmates in jails and prison. Maybe one has been done?
I remember a 72 year old woman who I assume was the Warden and she had a mouth on her like a sailor.
It is hard for most sensible people to understand how a traumatic experience like that can lead to more teens returning than those without the experience.
For more than three years JJIE has provided extensive reporting on the issue. Similar programs in Maryland and California, previously featured on “Beyond Scared Straight,” have been suspended. (most likely grew up with a silve spoon)I agree whoever is trying to cancel this program does not have teenage kids in public school. I was sent there because I had an F on my report card.
South Carolina is also reviewing the issue, according to mercurynews.com.
I was shuffled from foster home to foster home. I was a sexual assault survivor and I can’t tolerate anything sexual whatsoeverWhy council a program that has worked,keep these young punks in line.Maybe if we had scared straight program when nazis took over Germany maybe Hitler would,nt had murder 6 million Jews.For those bleeding heart liberals.I hope that puts some perpestictive on discipline with an intent to rehabiltate and not institutionalized people for profit.It makes me sad that someone would actually spend time on trying to cancel something that has worked.
Irrelevant He was shot…”“Running and unarmed or lying still. Irrelevant How long is his criminal record? Reviews on Scared Straight Program in San Francisco, CA - Barry's SoMa, 3rd Street Boxing Gym, Coaching With Daphne, Run Club, Omulu Capoeira, Basecamp Fitness, Phoenix Training and Fitness, Barry's Marina, Kauno, Quantum Martial Arts In the eyes of someone who runs a scared straight program, boot camps for teenagers do not go far enough in their punishment. The people trying to stop this program have never lived in the so called hood so there blind to crime and the consequences of it.Kids need to see the real things that could happen if they continue on the path they are going. The U.S. Department of Justice is warning state officials that scared straight techniques don’t deter young people from crime, and may make them more likely to offend in the future. Studies of the effectiveness for these programs are available online and can be found at With the results of the original scared straight program leaning more toward the negative side of the scales it is interesting that the show would come back 40 years after it originally aired. An op-ed piece published in the Baltimore Sun this week and written by two Justice Department officials says the agency discourages funding for scared straight-type programs, and states that operate them risk losing their federal funding under provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services began a review of its diversion programs after inmates were shown touching and grabbing kids in the episode. Juvenile awareness programs (also referred to as “prison tour” programs or “prison awareness” programs) are deterrence-oriented programs that involve organized visits to adult prison facilities for juvenile delinquents and youth at-risk of becoming delinquent. During lunch in the cafeteria some inmate said “What are YOU looking at fatass?” I said that is not my name and I was jumped by two guards who smacked me in the mouth, breaking my jaw. In this episode, Walter, through a chance encounter, checks-in with his friend who went through the program with him, their anti-tagging arch-nemesis, and how they have turned out after all these years.
Or is your child adopted from California? The program requires the juvenile to admit to their offense and the impact the crime caused. His 2011 story about a case of misdiagnosed child abuse won first place in the non-deadline writing category of the Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Scared straight shows them what happen when you get caught or in some cases what happens when mommy and daddy can’t save you it shows them the real life.
While boot camps for teens punish attendees for acting badly, scared straight programs punish kids to instill a fear of coming back. One program held in the state of Nevada went as far as to have the participants undergo some pretty degrading activities, including a strip search. The most well-known of these programs is Scared Straight. Perhaps a study on the recidivism of younger children would be in order? The original Scared Straight program took place in the 70's and the reports about the success of the original program appear to be a little negative. Any avenue that can help prevent a child from entering the juvenile and eventually the adult prison system should be carefully examined.15 years ago a trend in daytime television spawned a group of boot camps that were designed to change teen virtually over night. His research interests include experimental journalism forms, journalism ethics and philosophy, theories of literary journalism and the intersections of social justice and journalism.I went through a scared straight program in Virginia Beach about 20 years ago or so and I wasn’t a gangster or smart mouth kid that did drugs.