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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 7

2023 · 4 episodes

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

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1Finland: The Free Choice PrisonAt Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.
2Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth PrisonSurrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.
3Indonesia: The re-programming drug prisonRaphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.
4Solomon Islands: God’s Own PrisonAt the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.