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Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons

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Investigative journalists become voluntary inmates in the world's most volatile prisons, where intimidation and brutality rule.
Starring:Paul Connolly, Raphael Rowe
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Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons

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Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons

  1. Watch Finland: The Free Choice Prison. Episode 1 of Season 7.

    At Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.

  2. Watch Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison. Episode 2 of Season 7.

    Surrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.

  3. Watch Bali: The Brainwashing prison. Episode 3 of Season 7.

    Raphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.

  4. Watch Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison. Episode 4 of Season 7.

    At the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.

  1. Watch Moldova: The Lifers Prison. Episode 1 of Season 6.

    Traveling to Moldova, Raphael Rowe locks himself within Penitentiary 17, a maximum-security prison housing more than a hundred life-sentence inmates.

  2. Watch Cyprus: The Utopian Prison. Episode 2 of Season 6.

    The Central Jail of Nicosia in Cyprus has undergone radical transformation over the years. But are these changes for the better?

  3. Watch Bosnia: The Mafia Prison. Episode 3 of Season 6.

    At Zenica prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Raphael Rowe finds himself trapped with inmates ranging from organized crime bosses to ruthless killers.

  4. Watch Greece: The People Smugglers Prison. Episode 4 of Season 6.

    Raphael Rowe investigates one of Greece’s most overcrowded maximum-security prisons, overflowing with some of the country’s most dangerous offenders.

  1. Watch South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison. Episode 1 of Season 5.

    At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.

  2. Watch Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison. Episode 2 of Season 5.

    Once again, Raphael Rowe volunteers to go behind bars, this time in the Philippines at Manila City Jail, one of the world's most overcrowded prisons.

  3. Watch Greenland: Prison in the Ice. Episode 3 of Season 5.

    Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.

  1. Watch Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth. Episode 1 of Season 4.

    Raphael Rowe spends a week behind bars at Tacumbu prison in Paraguay, where inmates scrounge in the trash in order to pay their own way.

  2. Watch Germany: The Therapy Prison. Episode 2 of Season 4.

    Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.

  3. Watch Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison. Episode 3 of Season 4.

    The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.

  4. Watch Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence. Episode 4 of Season 4.

    An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.

  1. Watch Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge. Episode 1 of Season 3.

    Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.

  2. Watch Colombia: Narco Prison. Episode 2 of Season 3.

    While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.

  3. Watch Romania: Gypsy Prison. Episode 3 of Season 3.

    Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.

  4. Watch Norway: The Perfect Prison?. Episode 4 of Season 3.

    Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.

  1. Watch Brazil: The Gang Prison. Episode 1 of Season 2.

    Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.

  2. Watch Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone. Episode 2 of Season 2.

    Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

  3. Watch Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison. Episode 3 of Season 2.

    Raphael Rowe visits the short-staffed Bomana Prison in Papua New Guinea, where near-constant food shortages keep the facility on the brink of chaos.

  4. Watch Belize: The Prison That Found God. Episode 4 of Season 2.

    In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.

  1. Watch Honduras. Episode 1 of Season 1.

    Connolly spends a week inside Danlí prison in Honduras, where the toughest inmates are armed and act as enforcers for the overwhelmed guards.

  2. Watch Poland. Episode 2 of Season 1.

    Connolly serves time in Poland's Piotrkow prison, a maximum security lockup where the country's most hardened criminals stay in cells 23 hours a day.

  3. Watch Mexico. Episode 3 of Season 1.

    Mexico's El Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bosses and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.

  4. Watch Philippines. Episode 4 of Season 1.

    Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

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Paul ConnollyRaphael Rowe

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