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Scared Straight! (1978)
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. (source: imdb.com)
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East Jersey State Prison, Avenel, New Jersey, USA
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Convict, Fear, Intimidation, Juvenile Crime, Prison, Punishment, Reality, Teenagers, Threat, Violence, Warning
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Scared Straight! is a 1979 documentary directed by Arnold Shapiro. Narrated by Peter Falk, the subject of the documentary is a group of juvenile delinquents and their three-hour session with actual convicts. Filmed at Rahway State Prison, a group of inmates known as the "lifers" berate, scream at, and terrify the young offenders in an attempt to "scare them straight" (hence the film's title) so that those teenagers will avoid prison life.
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