Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
2016 · TV Series · TV-MA · 44 min · ★ 7.1
A crime journalist enters some of the world’s toughest prisons, living under harsh conditions to understand daily life behind bars. The series looks at inmates, guards, and prison systems across different countries.
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Streaming on Netflix.
21 hours to watch · 27 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2016–2023
- Release date
- 2016-04-20
- Network
- 5, Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 44 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (75 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a gritty, unsettling prison documentary with the true-crime pull of I Am a Killer; Not for you if confrontational hosting or grim conditions bother you.
Pros: raw prison access; haunting real-world tension; eye-opening global perspectives | Cons: authenticity questions; divisive host approach; uneven episode intensity
Cast & crew
Raphael Rowe
as Himself
- PC
Paul Connolly
as Himself
Episodes7 seasons · 27 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Honduras43mNetflix
- S1E2Poland44mNetflix
- S1E3Mexico44mNetflix
- S1E4Philippines44mNetflix
Season 24 episodes
- S2E1Brazil: The Gang Prison53mNetflix
- S2E2Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone50mNetflix
- S2E3Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison50mNetflix
- S2E4Belize: The Prison That Found God51mNetflix
Season 34 episodes
- S3E1Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge47mNetflix
- S3E2Colombia: Narco Prison47mNetflix
- S3E3Romania: Gypsy Prison47mNetflix
- S3E4Norway: The Perfect Prison?47mNetflix
Season 44 episodes
- S4E1Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth47mNetflix
- S4E2Germany: The Therapy Prison44mNetflix
- S4E3Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison47mNetflix
- S4E4Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence48mNetflix
Season 53 episodes
- S5E1South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison52mNetflix
- S5E2Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison52mNetflix
- S5E3Greenland: Prison in the Ice47mNetflix
Season 64 episodes
- S6E1Moldova: The Lifers Prison44mNetflix
- S6E2Cyprus: The Utopian Prison47mNetflix
- S6E3Bosnia: The Mafia Prison45mNetflix
- S6E4Greece: The People Smugglers Prison45mNetflix
Season 74 episodes
- S7E1Finland: The Free Choice Prison45mNetflix
- S7E2Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison46mNetflix
- S7E3Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison45mNetflix
- S7E4Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison47mNetflix