Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons (2016)


  • Genre: Crime, Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2016-04-20
  • Last Air Date: 2023-09-15
  • Total Seasons: 7
  • Total Episodes: 27
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 44 min.
  • Production Company: Emporium Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: Channel 5, Netflix
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Summary

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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  • Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Trailer

    Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2016-04-20
    4 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2018-07-06
    4 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2018-12-14
    4 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2020-07-29
    4 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2021-01-08
    3 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2022-09-28
    4 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2023-09-15
    4 Episodes

    Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Honduras43 min
    Season 1Episode 2Poland44 min
    Season 1Episode 3Mexico44 min
    Season 1Episode 4Philippines44 min
    Season 2Episode 1Brazil: The Gang Prison53 min
    Season 2Episode 2Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone51 min
    Season 2Episode 3Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison51 min
    Season 2Episode 4Belize: The Prison That Found God51 min
    Season 3Episode 1Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge47 min
    Season 3Episode 2Colombia: Narco Prison47 min
    Season 3Episode 3Romania: Gypsy Prison48 min
    Season 3Episode 4Norway: The Perfect Prison?48 min
    Season 4Episode 1Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth48 min
    Season 4Episode 2Germany: The Therapy Prison45 min
    Season 4Episode 3Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison47 min
    Season 4Episode 4Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence48 min
    Season 5Episode 1South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison52 min
    Season 5Episode 2Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison52 min
    Season 5Episode 3Greenland: Prison in the Ice48 min
    Season 6Episode 1Moldova: The Lifers Prison43 min
    Season 6Episode 2Cyprus: The Utopian Prison46 min
    Season 6Episode 3Bosnia: The Mafia Prison44 min
    Season 6Episode 4Greece: The People Smugglers Prison44 min
    Season 7Episode 1Finland: The Free Choice Prison45 min
    Season 7Episode 2Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison46 min
    Season 7Episode 3Indonesia: The Re-programming Drug Prison45 min
    Season 7Episode 4Solomon Islands: God's Own Prison47 min
    • Raphael Rowe

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