Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is a television documentary series produced by London-based Emporium Productions and available on Netflix. The documentary shows life in 19 prisons around the world, mostly from the prisoner perspective but also includes the perspective of prison guards and others interacting with the prison system. Season 1 was hosted by Irish journalist Paul Connolly and originally aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. Season 2 was released on July 6, 2018 on Netflix with host Raphael Rowe, who had himself served 12 years in prison for a crime he was eventually acquitted of.