Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later

Scared Straight! 20 Years Later

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1999
1h 35m
6.8(6 votes)
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Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers.

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