Inside the World's Toughest Prisons (2016)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 2016-04-20
- Genres: Crime, Documentary
- Seasons: 7, 27 episodes
- Episode length: 44m
- Network: 5, Netflix
- Status: Returning Series
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 77 votes
Top cast
- Raphael Rowe as Himself
Where to watch Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
- United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- India: stream on Netflix
- Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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