Meet The Young Americans

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2016
Presenter Stacey Dooley travels to Altar in Mexico to meet some of the young people preparing to make the dangerous journey across the desert and over the border to a new life in the US.
Despite opposition from mental health organisations, there are licensed therapists across the United States offering a controversial type of therapy which claims to turn gay people straight.
Shaved heads & press-ups at 5.30am, this is what's facing girls entering 'Shock' - the only US prison boot camp for women. Stacey Dooley meets the girls doing 'Shock' & also spends time in a medium-security prison.
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