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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.
The episode was rated #1 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 28 votes.
Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.
The episode was rated #2 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 24 votes.
An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.
The episode was rated #3 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 20 votes.
Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.
The episode was rated #4 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 16 votes.
The tropical Island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.
The episode was rated #5 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 22 votes.
Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.
The episode was rated #6 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 22 votes.
While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.
The episode was rated #7 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 23 votes.
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.
The episode was rated #8 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 20 votes.
At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.
The episode was rated #9 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 19 votes.
Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.
The episode was rated #10 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 38 votes.
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.
The episode was rated #1 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 26 votes.
Mexico's el Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bossess and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.
The episode was rated #2 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 41 votes.
Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.
The episode was rated #3 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 31 votes.
Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.
The episode was rated #4 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 22 votes.
Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.
The episode was rated #5 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 36 votes.
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.
The episode was rated #6 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 46 votes.
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.
The episode was rated #7 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 17 votes.
In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.
The episode was rated #8 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 24 votes.
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.
The episode was rated #9 Best episode of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons from 54 votes.
Last updated: jan 25, 2021
