Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 2

2018 · 4 episodes · 3h 24m in all · 7.0/10

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.

Episodes

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   1. Brazil: The Gang Prison

   6 Jul 2018 · 53 min · 6.8/10

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

2. 

   2. Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

   6 Jul 2018 · 50 min · 7.3/10

   Ukraine'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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   3. Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

   6 Jul 2018 · 50 min · 7.0/10

   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.

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   4. Belize: The Prison That Found God

   6 Jul 2018 · 51 min · 7.0/10

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