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Series

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

20167 seasons

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.

Synopsis

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.

Episodes

Seasons & episodes

5 seasons

Honduras

1. Honduras

Apr 20, 2016 44 min

Paul Connolly heads to Honduras, the murder capital of the world, to spend a week living as a prisoner inside one of the most dangerous prisons - Danli Prison.

Poland

2. Poland

Apr 27, 2016 44 min

Connolly serves time in Poland's Piotrkow prison, a maximun security lockup where the country's most hardened criminals stay in cells 23 hours a day.

Mexico

3. Mexico

Mar 3, 2016 44 min

Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.

Philippines

4. Philippines

May 4, 2016 44 min

Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

Ensemble

Cast

RR

Raphael Rowe

Himself

Production

The details

Release

2016

Seasons

7 seasons

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