Scared Straight

Director: Rob Cohen

Studio: New Line Cinema

Release date: 2007

Synopsis:

About a governor's teenage son who is sent to prison as part of Scared Straight, a crime-prevention program that imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While the teenager is there, a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage. He teams up with other street kids and an con to stop the riot.

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