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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⭐7.1/1075 votes
Quick facts
First Aired
2016
Seasons
7
Episodes
27
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
75
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Status
Returning Series
Network
5
Language
EN
Seasons
S01E01
Honduras
⭐ 6.5
Apr 20, 201643 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.
S01E02
Poland
⭐ 6.5
Apr 27, 201644 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.
S01E03
Mexico
⭐ 8.3
Mar 3, 201644 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.
S01E04
Philippines
⭐ 7.8
May 4, 201644 min
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.