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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons (2016) — crime on Netflix
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About Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is currently on a break, with its most recent episode airing on September 15, 2023. There is no confirmed return date for the next season.
This documentary series, which first premiered on February 4, 2016, on Netflix, explores the conditions within some of the most volatile prisons around the world. Investigative journalists become voluntary inmates to witness firsthand the intimidation and brutality that characterize these facilities.
The show features presenters Raphael Rowe and Paul Connolly, and each episode has a runtime of approximately 47 minutes. It is a crime genre series that has aired seven seasons, with the latest episode in September 2023. The series has been rated 7.2 on TVMaze.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons episode schedule
27 aired
Aired · 27
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2023 | S7·E4 | Solomon Islands: God's Own Prison |
| September 15, 2023 | S7·E3 | Indonesia: The Re-programming Drug Prison |
| September 15, 2023 | S7·E2 | Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison |
| September 15, 2023 | S7·E1 | Finland: The Free Choice Prison |
| September 28, 2022 | S6·E4 | Greece: The People Smugglers Prison |
| September 28, 2022 | S6·E3 | Bosnia: The Mafia Prison |
| September 28, 2022 | S6·E2 | Cyprus: The Utopian Prison |
| September 28, 2022 | S6·E1 | Moldova: The Lifers Prison |
| January 8, 2021 | S5·E3 | Greenland: Prison in the Ice |
| January 8, 2021 | S5·E2 | Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison |
| January 8, 2021 | S5·E1 | South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison |
| July 29, 2020 | S4·E4 | Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence |
| July 29, 2020 | S4·E3 | Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison |
| July 29, 2020 | S4·E2 | Germany: The Therapy Prison |
| July 29, 2020 | S4·E1 | Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth |
| December 14, 2018 | S3·E4 | Norway: The Perfect Prison? |
| December 14, 2018 | S3·E3 | Romania: Gypsy Prison |
| December 14, 2018 | S3·E2 | Colombia: Narco Prison |
| December 14, 2018 | S3·E1 | Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge |
| July 6, 2018 | S2·E4 | Belize: The Prison That Found God |
| July 6, 2018 | S2·E3 | Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison |
| July 6, 2018 | S2·E2 | Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone |
| July 6, 2018 | S2·E1 | Brazil: The Gang Prison |
| February 25, 2016 | S1·E3 | Mexico |
| February 18, 2016 | S1·E4 | Philippines |
| February 11, 2016 | S1·E2 | Poland |
| February 4, 2016 | S1·E1 | Honduras |
