Season
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 4
Overview
Journalist Raphael Rowe lives like an inmate while investigating dangerous prisons in Paraguay, Germany, Mauritius and Lesotho.
Details
- Series
- Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
- Season
- Season 4
- Air date
- 2020-07-29
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth
Raphael Rowe spends a week behind bars at Tacumbu prison in Paraguay, where inmates scrounge in the trash in order to pay their own way.
Episode 2: Germany: The Therapy Prison
Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.
Episode 3: Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison
The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.
Episode 4: Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence
An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.