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Scared Straight! is a 1978 American 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.
Scared Straight! is a 1978 American documentary directed by Arnold Shapiro. Narrated by Peter Falk, the subject of the documentary is a group of juvenile delinquents and their three-hour...
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The original scared straight from 1978 with follow ups on the youths and "lifers" 20 years later.
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The power of the original Scared Straight! program has inspired dozens of inmate-run intervention programs in men's and women's prisons across the country.
The profanity-laden documentary managed to win both Emmys and an Oscar. But it didn't reduce juvenile delinquency.
Scared Straight!: Directed by Arnold Shapiro. With Peter Falk, Mickie Cold, Doug Cronin, Carlo Gallo. The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.
Apr 15, 1999 · A group of juvenile offenders makes a ''field trip'' to New Jersey's Rahway State Prison, where they come face to face with a team of hardened...