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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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State Prison, Rahway, N.J.
Crime prevention -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Imprisonment -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Prisoners -- New Jersey -- Rahway -- Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Attitudes.
Prison visits -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
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Scared straight! [di...
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Scared straight! [digital videodisc] / an Arnold Shaprio production in association with Paramount Stations Group, Inc. ; written, directed, and produced by Arnold Shapiro.
[New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, c2003.
Subjects
State Prison, Rahway, N.J.
Crime prevention -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Imprisonment -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Prisoners -- New Jersey -- Rahway -- Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Attitudes.
Prison visits -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
ISBN:
0767057554
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents:
Scared straight! (originally produced as a motion picture in 1978) -- Scared straight! 20 years later (originally produced for television in 1999).
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Summary:
Scared straight! profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison life, emphasizing it's worst features. Scared straight! 20 years later traces the subsequent lives of the teens and convicts featured in the original documentary.
Awards:
Academy Award, 1979: Best Documentary Feature.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Hawaii State Library
DVD -- DVD, Nonfiction, AV Room
DVD NF
Lost
09/22/2012
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