6.3/1016 votes#1 - Mecklenburg County, NC
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/18/2011
In Charlotte, NC, teen troublemaker Jose goes head-to-head with terrifying inmates and Sgt. Garrett, one of the toughest female jail deputies Beyond Scared Straight has come across. When Jose refuses to follow an order, Sgt. Garrett makes it her mission to break him down.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1010 votes
#2 - Oakland County, MI
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/25/2011
Oakland County, Michigan is a stone's throw from Detroit's infamous 8-Mile and the streets here are just as tough - but the deputies and inmates who run Oakland County Jail's "Turn-Around" program are even tougher.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1011 votes
#3 - Portsmouth County, VA
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2011
An at-risk teen, with dreams of a rap career, gets a wake-up call win he sees where his love of drugs and gang activity will lead, during a visit to the Portsmouth County Jail in Virginia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1011 votes
#4 - Oklahoma County, OK
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2011
Oklahoma County is in the midst of an epidemic of gangs and street crime. Angry, impressionable teens are being pulled into the gangster lifestyle. For two pairs of at-risk girls, jail seems to be no scarier than the streets. They defy deputies and threaten inmates. When one girl is finally pushed to the breaking point, she lashes out, physically assaulting a deputy and finding out what it really means to be arrested.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/109 votes
#5 - San Bernadino County, CA - Boys
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2011
In the second-season finale, San Bernardino County Jail in California is visited by four teens who are also taken to the morgue to witness the consequences of gang violence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1012 votes
#6 - Richland County, SC
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/2011
At the Richland County Jail in South Carolina, troubled teens learn firsthand what jail is like when they are locked in cells for a terrifying all-night stay. Sleep is the last thing they will find though, as deputies and inmates rouse them repeatedly from their bunks during the physically grueling sleepover.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1012 votes
#7 - St. Clair County, IL
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/2011
A prison in St. Clair, Ill., is visited by teens who are threatened by screaming inmates
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/109 votes
#8 - San Bernardino County, CA - Girls
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/2011
Teen girls visit a prison in San Bernardino County, Cal., where one of the teens gets into a confrontation that turns physical.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1010 votes
#9 - Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/29/2011
Siblings visit the Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Virginia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1013 votes
#10 - Queen Anne's County, MD
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2012
At the Queen Anne's County Jail "Reset" program in Maryland, six at-risk teens endure a four-day intervention program depicting the terrors of jail, a drunk driving fatality in a hospital trauma center and a glimpse of their own funeral. Eighteen year-old partiers Daria and Christopher, who are girlfriend and boyfriend, will find their relationship tested when they are forced to testify against each other in court.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1011 votes
#11 - Oakland County, MI - Girls
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2012
Outside Detroit, a teen trio of female troublemakers who call themselves The Three Musketeers, discover their bond is not tight enough to survive even a day in the Oakland County women's lockup. Courtney, Tia and Renee love to party, but when they are forced by inmates and deputies to scrub a jail cellblock and bathroom, the party is over. Meanwhile Taylor, a 16-year old thief, is swarmed by screaming female inmates who learn that she stole $2,000 from her grandparents, and one teen makes an unexpected friend behind bars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1012 votes
#12 - Hampton Roads Regional Jail
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2012
In the third-season finale, a teenage pyromaniac visits Virginia's Hampton Roads Regional Jail, where his mom works as a deputy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Beyond Scared Straight Season 2
Every episode of Beyond Scared Straight Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beyond Scared Straight Season 2!
Observing programs for troubled teens in which inmates reveal the realities of prison life in the hope of deterring them from a life of crime.
Genres:RealityDocumentaryCrime
Network:A&E
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Mecklenburg County, NC" is the best rated episode of "Beyond Scared Straight" season 2. It scored 6.3/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/18/2011. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Oakland County, MI".