Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
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.
Seasons
Season 1
4 Episodes • 2016
Season 2
4 Episodes • 2018
Season 3
4 Episodes • 2018
Season 4
4 Episodes • 2020
Season 5
3 Episodes • 2021
Season 6
4 Episodes • 2022
Season 7
4 Episodes • 2023
Episodes - Season 1
1. Honduras
43mPaul 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.
2. Poland
44mConnolly 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.
3. Mexico
44mMexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
4. Philippines
44mConnolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.
Top Cast
Raphael Rowe
Himself
Available on: 5, Netflix
