Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

• Season 1
• Season 2
• Season 3
• Season 4
• Season 5
• Season 6
• Season 7

Raphael Rowe, who spent 12 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, investigates some of the world's toughest prisons from the inside.

Crime, Documentary

1Fri, Jul 06, 2018

Brazil: The Gang Prison

Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.

2Fri, Jul 06, 2018

Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

3Fri, Jul 06, 2018

Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

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.

4Fri, Jul 06, 2018

Belize: The Prison That Found God

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