Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 2

Air Date

July 6, 2018

Episodes

4 episodes

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 2

Overview

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.

Episodes

Brazil: The Gang Prison

1. Brazil: The Gang Prison

7.0
July 6, 2018
54 min

Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.

Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

2. Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

7.3
July 6, 2018
51 min

Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

3. Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

7.0
July 6, 2018
51 min

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.

Belize: The Prison That Found God

4. Belize: The Prison That Found God

7.0
July 6, 2018
51 min

In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.