Sheriff’s deputies pushed them against jail-yard fences and shoved them to the ground. They yelled and cursed within inches of their faces. They forced them to run for long periods, ignoring pleas for ...

Beyond Scared Straight Season 4 is an American reality TV series, that was first officially aired on A&E. This season continues its gripping exploration of juvenile crime prevention programs in ...

Misguided, abusive and potentially harmful. That’s how six experts characterized a program in Chester County, S.C., that is designed to scare at-risk youths into better behavior. A Rock Hill Herald ...

A one-year-old Fairfax County juvenile diversion program called TAP, aimed at educating at-risk youth about the unpleasant realities of prison life, seems to be achieving some anecdotal success and is ...

STURTEVANT -- Faced with a shrinking budget and a staff that was stretched too thin, the Racine Correctional Institution has discarded a program that brought young people behind prison walls for a ...

When teenagers get into trouble, what should their parents do? A couple of months ago, a father wrote to Dear Abby with that very question. His 16-year-old daughter had become a "nightmare," he said, ...

Beyond Scared Straight is an Emmy-nominated American reality TV series showcasing various crime prevention programs designed to steer troubled teens away from a life of crime. The docuseries follows ...