Granular Content Access Not Working

I've recently realized that content I thought was for the eye's of only certain roles actually is not. Thank goodness the site's only in development!

I'm confused as to what else to do. I've made sure the ACL and related modules are up-to-date and aren't DEV versions.
I'm using the Content Access module & Forum Access modules. The Content Access doesn't work regardless of what I do. The Forum Access module prevents roles from seeing a forum, but if they have the URL of a post in a blocked forum they can gain access to that content.

I've also tried the Node Privacy By Role module thinking it was an ACL issue. But that doesn't work either.

I'm stumped and at a critical juncture that this is really bottlenecking the development process. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of issue?