Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Season 2
20184 episodes
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.
Episode 1
Brazil: The Gang Prison
Jul 6, 201853m
TMDB rating 6.8TMDB
Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.
Episode 2
Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone
Jul 6, 201850m
TMDB rating 7.3TMDB
Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.
Episode 3
Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison
Jul 6, 201850m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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.
Episode 4
Belize: The Prison That Found God
Jul 6, 201851m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.