Editing Scared Straight! (section)

== Follow-ups ==
The original ''Scared Straight!'' was followed by a dramatized film ''Scared Straight! Another Story'' (1980),<ref name="auto"/> ''Scared Straight! 10 Years Later'' (1987),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/15/arts/scared-straight-on-9-followed-by-a-sequal.html|title='Scared Straight!' on 9, Followed by a Sequal|first=John|last=Corry|work=The New York Times |date=June 15, 1987|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105180040/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/15/arts/scared-straight-on-9-followed-by-a-sequal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1987/07/19/scared-straight-the-times-are-scarier/56d378d5-ec25-47e9-805c-c77e446982c2/|title="SCARED STRAIGHT THE TIMES ARE SCARIER"|first=Michael E.|last=Hill|date=July 19, 1987|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> and (on [[MTV]] and [[UPN]]) ''Scared Straight! 20 Years Later'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/fff9165490327394dac447f42baa073a|title=Time To Get 'Scared Straight' Again|website=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/scared-straight-20-years-later-1200457295/|title=Scared Straight! 20 Years Later|first1=Laura|last1=Fries|date=April 14, 1999|access-date=March 2, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302114801/https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/scared-straight-20-years-later-1200457295/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-04-15-9904140623-story.html|title=STREET TOUGHS STRAIGHT AFTER PRISON SCARE|first=Tom|last=Jicha |website=Sun-Sentinel|date=April 15, 1999 }}</ref>

On January 13, 2011, [[A&E Network|A&E]] introduced the new series ''[[Beyond Scared Straight]]'', executive produced by [[Arnold Shapiro]] and [[Paul Coyne]]. According to the A&E website profile for the series: "Each one-hour episode focuses on a different inmate-run program in the U.S., and follows four or five at-risk teens before they attend the program, throughout their day inside the prison, immediately afterwards, and then follows up with them one month later to see the lasting impact of the experience on their lives. ''Beyond Scared Straight'' is about transforming the lives of young people through intervention and second chances." In addition, each episode ends with updates of the teen participants since the taping of the program, citing both successes and some failures in their post-prison behavior, and unfortunate news of passings or incarcerations that happen if teens end up down this path.

On February 1, 2011, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange reported that one of the graduates of the original ''Scared Straight!'' program at Rahway, Angelo Speziale, later became a convicted felon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23solve.html|title=DNA Match Leads to Arrest in 25-Year-Old Murder Case|first1=John|last1=Holl|first2=Nate|last2=Schweber|work=The New York Times |date=March 23, 2007|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303161848/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23solve.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Speziale was convicted of the 1982 [[rape]] and [[murder]] of Michele Mika, a teenage girl who lived next door to him, and is currently serving a sentence of 25 years to life in Rahway.<ref name=Speziale />

In ''Scared Straight: 20 Years Later'', Speziale claimed that the ''Scared Straight!'' experience changed him,<ref name=JJIE>{{cite web |url = http://jjie.org/scared-straight-graduate-plays-starring-role/9285 |title = Scared Straight! Graduate Plays Starring Role in Cold Case Crime |date =  2011-02-02|website = jjie.org |access-date = November 4, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160322060211/http://jjie.org/scared-straight-graduate-plays-starring-role/9285/ |archive-date = March 22, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> although he admitted in the film that he had failed to lead a straight life. "I broke the law three times after I visited Rahway. Twice right after, still at the age of 17 and 18, and then about five years ago, I did fifteen days in the county jail for disorderly conduct." He was later arrested for [[shoplifting]] in 2005 and a [[DNA]] sample linked him to the 1982 [[cold case (criminology)|cold case]] rape/murder that led to his imprisonment.<ref name=Speziale /> A New Jersey law enforcement source has confirmed that Speziale is the same person who appeared in both documentaries.<ref name=JJIE />

On August 18, 2011, A&E premiered the second season of ''Beyond Scared Straight'', once again in the midst of controversy.  Joe Vignati, director of Justice Programs at the Governor's Office for Children and Families in Georgia, writes at the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: "After becoming the highest rated program in the history of the Disney-owned A&E network, a new season of this 'reality' show returns to titillate the curious and misinformed."<ref>Vignati, Joe. [http://jjie.org/oped-joe-vignati-on-beyond-scared-straight-irresponsibility-of-ae-network/20182 "Joe Vignati On Beyond Scared Straight and the Irresponsibility of the A&E Network"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001090444/http://jjie.org/oped-joe-vignati-on-beyond-scared-straight-irresponsibility-of-ae-network/20182 |date=October 1, 2011 }}. Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, accessed August 19, 2011</ref> Also, in light of the Speziale case, the Campaign for Youth Justice has petitioned A&E to cancel ''Beyond Scared Straight'' because they claim that the show promotes "the spread of a noxious program" and may be in violation of federal law and standards set forth by the [[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]] (OJJDP).<ref name=JJIE />