1978
Scared Straight!
Directed by Arnold Shapiro
It took going behind bars to keep them out.
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Duration
0h 52m
Released
November 2, 1978
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Part ofThe Scared Straight Collection
Includes Scared Straight! (1978), Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999), and Scared Straight! Another Story (1980).
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