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Season 1 – Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

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A journalist travels to different locations to explore the imprisonment process of various societies. In the Philippines, the featured prison is Rizal Jail, where inmates perform dances and cook for each other. In Poland's Piotrkow Prison, he experiences intensive guard and riot training and spends time in Piotrow's most extreme isolation cell. He also discovers what conditions are like at El Hongo prison in Mexico and Danli Prison in Honduras. Other facilities are visited in Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine and Belize. Throughout the episodes, the host reveals the struggles of each institution as the guards attempt to reform criminals and prisoners adjust to life on the inside.
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08/09/2020 I actually overall liked it. I appreciate how "Rafael," spoke to the inmates. Felt it was an eye opener for sure. As someone who has worked in a correction system in Canada, it shows that human beings are the same. The need to be treated with dignity and respect is universal. I want to hear the camera man's experience. Norway for sure seems to have the most sensible system. Thank- you for this program! See more Read all reviews
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Paul Connolly

Host

Emma Read

Executive Producer

Gabe Solomon

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 11, 2016 Poland Paul serves time in Piotrkow Prison, purpose-built in 2003 to contain the worst of the worst, where he meets a notorious gangland killer and learns how a zero-tolerance regime has all but wiped out the Grypser prison gang. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 18, 2016 Philippines Paul spends time in the overcrowded and impoverished Rizal City Jail, where he shares a cell with a convicted murder and a rapist. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 25, 2016 Mexico Crime journalist Paul Connolly is granted access to El Hongo maximum security prison, one of Mexico's toughest jails, from which no one had ever escaped. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 20, 2016 Honduras Paul Connolly spends a week inside Danli Prison in Honduras. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Emma Read, Gabe Solomon
Network
Channel 5
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 11, 2016
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