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Boot Camps and Scared Straight Programs | Help Your Teens

Years ago parents would threaten to send their children, especially defiant and belligerent teens to military school or boot camp.. Then some sheriff’s departments developed Scared Straight programs through through their jails.. Inmates would speak to the youth about their experiences, both inside and on the outside, hopefully giving them enough of a jolt to realize they don’t want to be ...