Season
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 2
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
- Season
- Season 2
- Air date
- 2018-07-06
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.