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← Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 2

4 episodes · 2018

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.

  1. 1

    Brazil: The Gang Prison

    Jul 6, 201853 min★ 7.2

    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

    Jul 6, 201850 min★ 7.5

    Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

  3. 3

    Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

    Jul 6, 201850 min★ 7.2

    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.

  4. 4

    Belize: The Prison That Found God

    Jul 6, 201851 min★ 7.0

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