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7.5(14)52m• Documentary
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.
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Movie Saga1978 – 1999
Scared Straight Collection
3 Films
7.8 Avg Rating
Juvenile delinquents are confronted by prisoners in order to scare them away from lives of crime.
Films in Saga(3)
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9.0(1)1h 40m• Crime, Drama, TV Movie
A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened criminals many serving life sentences for rape and murder, they are suddenly confronted with the harsh realities of a top-security U.S. Penitentiary.
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6.8(6)1h 35m• Documentary, TV Movie
Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers.