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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons — Season 2

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

  • E01 Brazil: The Gang Prison

    ★ 6.8

    Jul 6, 2018 · 53m

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

  • E02 Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

    ★ 7.3

    Jul 6, 2018 · 50m

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

  • E03 Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

    ★ 7.0

    Jul 6, 2018 · 50m

    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.

  • E04 Belize: The Prison That Found God

    ★ 7.0

    Jul 6, 2018 · 51m

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

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