Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

An immersive, sobering look inside brutal prisons, tense but humane, with a host who knows the system from the inside.

Genres

Crime, Documentary

Starring

Paul Connolly, Raphael Rowe

Overview

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.

How it feels

Tense, dark, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Crime, survival, justice, power

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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