Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

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Yes, Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is now available on New Zealand Netflix. It arrived for online streaming on January 20, 2022

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Synopsis

Crime journalist Paul Connolly 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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Episodes

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 1

Honduras
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Honduras

2016-04-20

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
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Poland

2016-04-27

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
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Mexico

2016-03-03

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
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Philippines

2016-05-04

Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 2

Brazil: The Gang Prison
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Brazil: The Gang Prison

2018-07-06

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
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Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

2018-07-06

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
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Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

2018-07-06

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
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Belize: The Prison That Found God

2018-07-06

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

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 3

Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge
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Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge

2018-12-14

Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.

Colombia: Narco Prison
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Colombia: Narco Prison

2018-12-14

While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.

Romania: Gypsy Prison
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Romania: Gypsy Prison

2018-12-14

Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.

Norway: The Perfect Prison?
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Norway: The Perfect Prison?

2018-12-14

Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 4

Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth
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Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth

2020-07-29

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.

Germany: The Therapy Prison
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Germany: The Therapy Prison

2020-07-29

Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.

Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison
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Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison

2020-07-29

The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.

Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence
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Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence

2020-07-29

An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 5

South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison
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South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison

2021-01-08

At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.

Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison
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Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison

2021-01-08

Once again, Raphael Rowe volunteers to go behind bars, this time in the Philippines at Manila City Jail, one of the world's most overcrowded prisons.

Greenland: Prison in the Ice
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Greenland: Prison in the Ice

2021-01-08

Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 6

Moldova: The Lifers Prison
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Moldova: The Lifers Prison

2022-09-28

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Cyprus: The Utopian Prison
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Cyprus: The Utopian Prison

2022-09-28

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Bosnia: The Mafia Prison
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Bosnia: The Mafia Prison

2022-09-28

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Greece: The People Smugglers Prison
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Greece: The People Smugglers Prison

2022-09-28

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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 7

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