2016
TV-MA
47m

Summary Imagine being in jail. Now imagine living in a foreign country. Scary? Paul Connelly takes you inside these jails. He shows what living conditions are for the inmates, as well as the guards. You'll never look at prison the same. View more details

2016
TV-MA
47m

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Raphael Rowe Paul Connelly Marios El Khoury

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Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 10, 2016

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official Netflix

Language : English

Filming locations : Honduras

Production companies : Emporium Productions

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 10, 2016

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official Netflix

Language : English

Filming locations : Honduras

Production companies : Emporium Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 11, 2016

Danli Prison, Honduras

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.

Episode 2 • Apr 26, 2016

Piotrkow Prison, Poland

Paul serves time in the purpose built prison in Poland, that was built to hold the worst criminals of the worst. Here he meets a notorious gangland killer and learns how a zero tolerance regime wiped out a prison gang.

Episode 3 • Mar 02, 2016

Mexico

In a television first, crime journalist Paul Connolly is granted access to El Hongo maximum security prison, one of Mexico's toughest jails from where no-one has never escaped. Isolated in the barren Baja desert of northern Mexico, El Hongo is a concrete fortress of discipline and punishment designed to contain and control over a thousand inmates including hardened cartel gangsters.

Episode 4 • May 03, 2016

Philippines

Paul spends time in the Rizal City Jail, known for been both overcrowded and housing impoverished prisoners. Here he shares a cell with a murderer and a rapist. He also explores how the Bahala Na gang rules a prison in the country.

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