Scared Straight: 20 Years Later (1999)
Directed by Arnold Shapiro
Sub-Genres - Biography, Law & Crime, Social Issues |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Danny Glover hosts this follow-up to the classic 1979 documentary, in which convicts at New Jersey's Rahway State Prison lectured to teen offenders on the horrors of prison life. Included: a rebroadcast of the 1979 film, followed by interviews with some of the convicts and teens, who discuss how the program affected their lives.
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ex-convict, follow-up, juvenile-crime, prison, change [personal], life-changes, retrospective, crime-prevention, interview
