Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1Honduras 2016-04-20 · 44 min
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.
S1 · E2Poland 2016-04-27 · 44 min
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.
S1 · E3Mexico 2016-03-03 · 44 min
Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
S1 · E4Philippines 2016-05-04 · 44 min
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.
S2 · E1Brazil: The Gang Prison 2018-07-06 · 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.
S2 · E2Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone 2018-07-06 · 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.
S2 · E3Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison 2018-07-06 · 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.
S2 · E4Belize: The Prison That Found God 2018-07-06 · 51 min
In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.
S3 · E1Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge 2018-12-14 · 47 min
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.
S3 · E2Colombia: Narco Prison 2018-12-14 · 47 min
While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.
S3 · E3Romania: Gypsy Prison 2018-12-14 · 48 min
Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.
S3 · E4Norway: The Perfect Prison? 2018-12-14 · 48 min
Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.
S4 · E1Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth 2020-07-29 · 48 min
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.
S4 · E2Germany: The Therapy Prison 2020-07-29 · 45 min
Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.
S4 · E3Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison 2020-07-29 · 47 min
The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.
S4 · E4Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence 2020-07-29 · 48 min
An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.
S5 · E1South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison 2021-01-08 · 52 min
At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.
S5 · E2Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison 2021-01-08 · 52 min
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.
S5 · E3Greenland: Prison in the Ice 2021-01-08 · 48 min
Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.
S6 · E1Moldova: The Lifers Prison 2022-09-28 · 45 min
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S6 · E2Cyprus: The Utopian Prison 2022-09-28 · 47 min
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S6 · E3Bosnia: The Mafia Prison 2022-09-28 · 46 min
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S6 · E4Greece: The People Smugglers Prison 2022-09-28 · 45 min
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S7 · E1Finland: The Free Choice Prison 2023-09-15 · 45 min
At Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.