Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Name: Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2016-04-20
Rating: 7
Cast: Raphael Rowe

RETURNING7 Seasons27 Episodes★ 7.0

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is a crime and documentary series on 5 that premiered in 2016, with 7 seasons and 27 episodes to date. Its most recent episode aired on Sep 15, 2023, and no new episodes have been announced.

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Network5

First AiredApr 20, 2016

Last AiredSep 15, 2023

GenreCrime, Documentary

Runtime44 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionEmporium Productions

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.

LAST AIRED

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons last aired on Sep 15, 2023. No new episodes have been announced. Track this show to get an alert if it returns.

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Cast

Raphael Rowe

Himself

Seasons & Episodes7 seasons · 27 episodes

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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, 202346m

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, 202345m

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 not aired a new episode since Sep 15, 2023, and neither a renewal nor a cancellation has been announced. It has a rating of 7.0/10 based on 78 votes. The cast includes Raphael Rowe.