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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

TV-MA2016•44m•7.1/10
CrimeDocumentary

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7.1/10(73)

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.

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Production

Emporium Productions

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

April 20, 2016

Last Aired

September 15, 2023

Networks

5, Netflix

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Honduras
E1
Honduras
Air date: 2016-04-20
Paul Connolly heads to Honduras, the murder capital of the world, to spend a week living as a prisoner inside one of the most dangerous prisons - Danli Prison.
Poland
E2
Poland
Air date: 2016-04-27
Connolly serves time in Poland's Piotrkow prison, a maximun security lockup where the country's most hardened criminals stay in cells 23 hours a day.
Mexico
E3
Mexico
Air date: 2016-03-03
Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
Philippines
E4
Philippines
Air date: 2016-05-04
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

Cast

Raphael Rowe

Raphael Rowe

Himself

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