Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

(2016)

TV-MA

Crime

Documentary

7.0/10

66 votes

44 min/ep

April 20, 2016

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Overview

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.

Network

5 Netflix

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Season 1

4 EpisodesAir Date: April 20, 2016

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

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Season 2

4 EpisodesAir Date: July 6, 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.

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Season 3

4 EpisodesAir Date: December 14, 2018

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

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Season 4

4 EpisodesAir Date: July 29, 2020

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

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Season 5

3 EpisodesAir Date: January 8, 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.

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Season 6

4 EpisodesAir Date: September 28, 2022

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

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Season 7

4 EpisodesAir Date: September 15, 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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