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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

2016–present

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.

First aired
20 Apr 2016
Episode length
47 min
Also known as
Najstroži zatvori na svijetu, 最凶监狱大揭秘, 深入世界最艰苦的监狱, 深入全球最难熬的监狱
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 27 episodes

  • Season 1

    2016

    Paul Connolly journeys inside deplorable prisons in Poland, Mexico, Honduras and the Philippines to experience their barbaric conditions first hand.

  • Season 2

    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.

  • Season 3

    2018

    Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe, who was once wrongfully convicted of murder, visits prisons in Colombia, Costa Rica, Romania and Norway.

  • Season 4

    2020

    Journalist Raphael Rowe lives like an inmate while investigating dangerous prisons in Paraguay, Germany, Mauritius and Lesotho.

  • Season 5

    2021

    Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland and South Africa.

  • Season 6

    2022

    Wrongfully convicted former inmate Raphael Rowe continues his investigation of formidable prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Greece and Moldova.

  • Season 7

    2023

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

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