Scared Straight, Part 1. Scared Straight! was a 1978 documentary filmed at Rahway State Prison in New Jersey. A group of juvenile delinquents arebrought to interact with hardened prisoners serving life without the possibility of parole. The "lifers" berate, insult, threaten to assault, threaten to sexually assault, and threaten to sexually traffic the boys. I mean, seriously. And we watched this in gym class in the 1980s. How messed up was that? By the 1990s, prison reform started to take place,

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