BANGED Up: Teens Behind Bars aims to show the brutal reality of life on the wrong side of the law in the US.
The Channel 4 show sees a group of British teenagers taken to a high-security US prison in Florida to try and scare them into changing their ways.
However, despite many viewers admitting the show was eye-opening and terrifying, others mocked the US security guards for failing to understand some of the British accents.
One participant was 17-year-old Layla from Liverpool.
As she tried to talk to security guard, it became clear her strong Scouse accent was difficult to understand.
Taking to Twitter, one viewer wrote: “That officer has never heard a Scouse accent before has he?”
“That prison officer was looking at that Scouse girl like she was speaking gibberish,” a second laughed.
AWKWARD: The US prison guards appeared to have trouble understanding the Scouse accent (Pic: CHANNEL 4)
ITENSE: A host of UK teens have been sent to live in a US prison (Pic: CHANNEL 4)
Meanwhile, a third continued: “Watching some TV show where teenagers are being sent to prison in Florida.
“Love the clueless expression from the tough guard trying to understand a Scouse girl.”
“Scouse translator needed,” a fourth added
HONEST: Layla opened up about her childhood (Pic: CHANNEL 4)
STRICT: The teens soon realised life in a US prison is tough and scary (Pic: CHANNEL 4)
Speaking frankly about her upbringing, Layla said to camera: “Growing up there has always been crime around me constantly.
“When I think of jail I think about my family and how many of them have been in there.”
