Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 7

2023 · 4 episodes · 3h 3m in all · 8.0/10

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

Episodes

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   1. Finland: The Free Choice Prison

   15 Sept 2023 · 45 min · 8.0/10

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

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   2. Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison

   15 Sept 2023 · 46 min · 8.0/10

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

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   3. Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison

   15 Sept 2023 · 45 min · 8.0/10

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

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   4. Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison

   15 Sept 2023 · 47 min · 8.0/10

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