Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

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27 total episodes

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7 seasons

First Aired April 20, 2016

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.

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Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

Season 2 - Episode 2 - 1h 51m

Air Date

July 06, 2018

Overview

Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.