Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Season 2

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Season 2

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.

06 July 2018

Episodes

Brazil: The Gang Prison

1. 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.

06 July 2018

Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

2. 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.

06 July 2018

Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

3. 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.

06 July 2018

Belize: The Prison That Found God

4. 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.

06 July 2018

Cast