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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Journalist and former inmate Raphael Rowe experiences life inside prisons in Finland, the Czech Republic, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.
E1Finland: The Free Choice Prison
Sep 15, 202345m
At Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.
E2Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison
Sep 15, 202347m
Surrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.
E3Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison
Sep 15, 202346m
Raphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.
E4Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison
Sep 15, 202347m
At the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.
About Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is a crime, documentary series on 5. The show first aired on Apr 20, 2016 and currently has 7 seasons and 27 episodes. Inside the World's Toughest Prisons has been renewed and is returning for more episodes. It has a rating of 7.1/10 based on 73 votes. The cast includes Raphael Rowe.
