Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Episode Rating Graph
Apr 2016 - present
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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.
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Best Episodes of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Norway: The Perfect Prison?
S3 Ep4
7.8
14th Dec 2018
Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.
Finland: The Free Choice Prison
S7 Ep1
7.6
15th Sep 2023
At Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.
Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison
S7 Ep4
7.6
15th Sep 2023
At the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.
Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth
S4 Ep1
7.6
29th Jul 2020
Raphael Rowe spends a week behind bars at Tacumbu prison in Paraguay, where inmates scrounge in the trash in order to pay their own way.
Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison
S7 Ep2
7.5
15th Sep 2023
Surrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.
Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence
S4 Ep4
7.5
29th Jul 2020
An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.
Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison
S7 Ep3
7.4
15th Sep 2023
Raphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.
Worst Episodes of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Honduras
S1 Ep1
6.8
20th Apr 2016
Paul Connolly heads to Honduras, the murder capital of the world, to spend a week living as a prisoner inside one of the most dangerous prisons - Danli Prison.
Belize: The Prison That Found God
S2 Ep4
6.9
6th Jul 2018
In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.
Mexico
S1 Ep3
7.0
3rd Mar 2016
Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
Germany: The Therapy Prison
S4 Ep2
7.0
29th Jul 2020
Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.
Philippines
S1 Ep4
7.0
4th May 2016
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.
Brazil: The Gang Prison
S2 Ep1
7.1
6th Jul 2018
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
S2 Ep2
7.1
6th Jul 2018
Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Episode Guide
Honduras
S1 Ep1
6.8
20th Apr 2016
Paul Connolly heads to Honduras, the murder capital of the world, to spend a week living as a prisoner inside one of the most dangerous prisons - Danli Prison.
Poland
S1 Ep2
7.1
27th Apr 2016
Connolly serves time in Poland's Piotrkow prison, a maximun security lockup where the country's most hardened criminals stay in cells 23 hours a day.
Mexico
S1 Ep3
7.0
3rd Mar 2016
Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
Philippines
S1 Ep4
7.0
4th May 2016
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.
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