Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Apr 20, 2016 (en) Crime, Documentary [44] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 20, 2016
  • Production
    Emporium Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70.98%
  • Original title
    Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
  • Release
    Apr 20, 2016
  • en
    -

Overview

Crime journalist Raphael Rowe goes behind the bars of some of the world’s most notorious and toughest prisons. Immersing himself in maximum security facilities around the world to live as a prisoner, he encounters the inmates locked up for their crimes and meets the men and women on the right side of law tasked with keeping the criminals behind bars.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 2016-04-20)

Paul Connolly journeys inside deplorable prisons in Poland, Mexico, Honduras and the Philippines to experience their barbaric conditions first hand.

Honduras

Episode: 1

Poland

Episode: 2

Mexico

Episode: 3

Philippines

Episode: 4

Season 2 ( 2018-07-06)

Raphael Rowe, who spent 12 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, investigates some of the world's toughest prisons from the inside.

Brazil: The Gang Prison

Episode: 1

Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

Episode: 2

Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

Episode: 3

Belize: The Prison That Found God

Episode: 4

Season 3 ( 2018-12-14)

Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe, who was once wrongfully convicted of murder, visits prisons in Colombia, Costa Rica, Romania and Norway.

Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge

Episode: 1

Colombia: Narco Prison

Episode: 2

Romania: Gypsy Prison

Episode: 3

Norway: The Perfect Prison?

Episode: 4

Season 4 ( 2020-07-29)

Journalist Raphael Rowe lives like an inmate while investigating dangerous prisons in Paraguay, Germany, Mauritius and Lesotho.

Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth

Episode: 1

Germany: The Therapy Prison

Episode: 2

Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison

Episode: 3

Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence

Episode: 4

Season 5 ( 2021-01-08)

Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland and South Africa.

South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison

Episode: 1

Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison

Episode: 2

Greenland: Prison in the Ice

Episode: 3

Season 6 ( 2022-09-28)

Wrongfully convicted former inmate Raphael Rowe continues his investigation of formidable prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Greece and Moldova.

Moldova: The Lifers Prison

Episode: 1

Cyprus: The Utopian Prison

Episode: 2

Bosnia: The Mafia Prison

Episode: 3

Greece: The People Smugglers Prison

Episode: 4

Season 7 ( 2023-09-15)

Journalist and former inmate Raphael Rowe experiences life inside prisons in Finland, the Czech Republic, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.

Finland: The Free Choice Prison

Episode: 1

Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison

Episode: 2

Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison

Episode: 3

Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison

Episode: 4
Apr 20, 2016 (en)
Crime, Documentary
[44] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 20, 2016
  • Production
    Emporium Productions
  • Rotten tomato 70.98%
Original Title Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
en

Overview

Crime journalist Raphael Rowe goes behind the bars of some of the world’s most notorious and toughest prisons. Immersing himself in maximum security facilities around the world to live as a prisoner, he encounters the inmates locked up for their crimes and meets the men and women on the right side of law tasked with keeping the criminals behind bars.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer