“If anybody tries to get up in my face I will fight them,”
or “my friend has my back if someone tries to take me on,” are similar
statements that many teenagers have when they get a glimpse of the atmosphere
of jail.
Beyond Scared Straight helps teenagers from later on going
to jail by giving them a glimpse of jail life in order to scare them from ever
wanting to go there. I watch the show occasionally and I myself get scared a
little, and sad because the show is so intense because the jailers express
their emotions and opinions strongly.
When the jailers are yelling at the kids it makes me scared
while sitting on the couch because the jailers are creepy and want to hurt them.
It makes me sad to see what the jailers wish them could take back, and how the
teenagers fail to realize how much freedom and opportunity they have.
Although, the show makes me scared when the jailers are
yelling in the teenagers faces, I am glad
the show allows the jailers to do that because it gives the teenagers a
wakeup call. To give them a little taste of what can happen to them when they
are actually in jail.
I am also glad when jailers care about the teens that they
actually want to sit down and talk to them to try to make them stop ,and see their
potential. Seeing that moment makes me smile to know there are people who
really don’t want to see other people go through what they went through.
Overall, the best part of the show is at the ending when
most of the teenagers decide to make a change and do. It’s wonderful to see
their transformation. I am glad this show/program was created to help more
teenagers from ending their lives of freedom. I hope more teenagers who are
going down the path get showed what jail can be life in order to see their true
potential in life.
