Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Netflix Original

2016–2023

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Seasons

Season 1

  • E1 Danli Prison, Honduras 2016-04-20 路 44m 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.
  • E2 Piotrkow Prison, Poland 2016-04-27 路 44m 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.
  • E3 Mexico 2016-03-03 路 44m Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
  • E4 Philippines 2016-05-04 路 44m Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

Season 2

  • E1 Brazil: The Gang Prison 2018-07-06 路 54m Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.
  • E2 Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone 2018-07-06 路 51m Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.
  • E3 Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison 2018-07-06 路 51m 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.
  • E4 Belize: The Prison That Found God 2018-07-06 路 51m In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.

Season 3

  • E1 Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge 2018-12-14 路 47m Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.
  • E2 Colombia: Narco Prison 2018-12-14 路 47m While spending a week inside Bogot谩's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.
  • E3 Romania: Gypsy Prison 2018-12-14 路 48m Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.
  • E4 Norway: The Perfect Prison? 2018-12-14 路 48m Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.

Season 4

  • E1 Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth 2020-07-29 路 48m 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.
  • E2 Germany: The Therapy Prison 2020-07-29 路 45m Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.
  • E3 Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison 2020-07-29 路 47m The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.
  • E4 Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence 2020-07-29 路 48m An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.

Season 5

  • E1 South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison 2021-01-08 路 52m At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.
  • E2 Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison 2021-01-08 路 52m Once again, Raphael Rowe volunteers to go behind bars, this time in the Philippines at Manila City Jail, one of the world's most overcrowded prisons.
  • E3 Greenland: Prison in the Ice 2021-01-08 路 48m Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.

Season 6

  • E1 Moldova: The Lifers Prison 2022-09-28 路 45m
  • E2 Cyprus: The Utopian Prison 2022-09-28 路 47m
  • E3 Bosnia: The Mafia Prison 2022-09-28 路 46m
  • E4 Greece: The People Smugglers Prison 2022-09-28 路 45m

Season 7

  • E1 Finland: The Free Choice Prison 2023-09-15 路 45m At Finland's Kylm盲koski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.
  • E2 Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison 2023-09-15 路 47m Surrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.
  • E3 Indonesia: The re-programming Drug Prison 2023-09-15 路 46m Raphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.
  • E4 Solomon Islands: God's Own Prison 2023-09-15 路 47m At the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.
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