

When Alissa essentially suffered a panic attack and began crying hysterically almost immediately, Anthony made no attempt to comfort or defend her, leading the officers to brand him as a coward. Averted, at least initially, with a wannabe car burglar named Anthony who was sent to the Lake County, Florida, program, along with his younger sister Alissa.But the thought of such a thing happening because of him sent the big brother into hysterics. The little brother was still alive it was just a demonstration. One particular instance had a kid watch his little brother get put in a body bag while the two of them were in jail.This hits especially hard when multiple siblings go into the program at the same time. Usually, the older sibling gets flack for leading the younger sibling(s) down the wrong path, and get chastised for doing so by inmates during the program. Big Brother Instinct: The inmates won't be happy with a kid if they're an older sibling who is leading their younger sibling(s) into a life of crime.The pierced armor is that the guise of being tough isn't going to work in jail, or that the kid isn't as tough as they claim to be. When the kid has multiple people in their face, their options are to just sit there and take it, or take a swing at someone, which will result in a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown and handcuffs being slapped on (in that order). Almost Once an Episode, when a kid shows disrespect, the kid will be asked "Whatcha gonna do?" by the guards, the inmates, or both.The armor-piercing question is thus "How are you supposed to win that fight?" The answer - " you can't" - is sometimes spelled out, and it's sometimes left for the kids to figure it out. And it will take at least five minutes before all of the deputies can respond in time to break up the fight. And again, that's a best-case scenario an actual fight is going to be at last half-a-dozen prisoners all that same size against the one kid. At best, the kid will have to fight one-on-one with someone who's stronger, faster, tougher, more experienced with violence than the kid. The way the shots were framed made the teen look like a Paper Tiger that can talk a big game, but can't back it up.



It'll be at least five minutes before the guards will even know you're in trouble. Your attackers all have at least a hundred pounds on you each. The inmates and the officers frequently take turns asking something like "It's -on-one, you're the one. And Then What?: Kids who proclaim their toughness usually get a taste of what a real fight in prison would be like: completely unfair.Affably Evil: Believe it or not, some inmates are like this towards kids once they change for the better.She basically admits that she verbally abuses and hits him regularly, and that Willie was only charged with domestic violence for "hitting back". There's also examples of emotional abuse, such as put-downs or taunting their children about how they'll end up like their imprisoned parent. As in, the parents aren't involved in their children's lives or schooling, or have tried to be and been pushed away. Some of them are the physically-abusive kind, but that's pretty rare more often than not, the kind of abuse being presented is neglect. Abusive Parents: Various examples from both the teens and the inmates they meet.The series, which aired from 2011 to 2015, was based off the famous 1978 documentary, Scared Straight! Beyond Scared Straight was an A&E reality show that followed state-sponsored programs that sent at-risk teens into prison to get a glimpse of what their lives would be like if they continued down the paths they were on.
