Watch Inside the World's Toughest Prisons (2016) Online!
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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Episode 1 - Brazil: The Gang Prison
Release Date: 2018-07-06Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.
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Episode 2 - Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone
Release Date: 2018-07-06Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.
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Episode 3 - Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison
Release Date: 2018-07-06Raphael Rowe visits the short-staffed Bomana Prison in Papua New Guinea, where near-constant food shortages keep the facility on the brink of chaos.
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Episode 4 - Belize: The Prison That Found God
Release Date: 2018-07-06In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.