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   Finland: The Free Choice Prison

   45m

   At Finland's Kylmäkoski prison, Raphael meets violent offenders in the general population wing and bonds with the inmates, while a newcomer is attacked.

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   Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison

   47m

   Surrounded by many inmates who struggle with crystal meth addiction, Raphael enters the Pilsen prison and discovers that some habits are hard to break.

3. 

   Bali: The Brainwashing prison

   46m

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   Raphael gets a rare look inside Bangli prison, where drug offenders are forced to join a rehabilitation program and isolation is used as punishment.

4. 

   Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison

   47m

   At the Rove maximum security prison, many of the inmates serve time for sexual offenses while navigating grim conditions and extremely limited resources.

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   Moldova: The Lifers Prison

   45m

   Traveling to Moldova, Raphael Rowe locks himself within Penitentiary 17, a maximum-security prison housing more than a hundred life-sentence inmates.

2. 

   Cyprus: The Utopian Prison

   47m

   The Central Jail of Nicosia in Cyprus has undergone radical transformation over the years. But are these changes for the better?

3. 

   Bosnia: The Mafia Prison

   46m

   At Zenica prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Raphael Rowe finds himself trapped with inmates ranging from organized crime bosses to ruthless killers.

4. 

   Greece: The People Smugglers Prison

   45m

   Raphael Rowe investigates one of Greece’s most overcrowded maximum-security prisons, overflowing with some of the country’s most dangerous offenders.

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   South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison

   52m

   At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.

2. 

   Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison

   52m

   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.

3. 

   Greenland: Prison in the Ice

   48m

   Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.

1. 

   Paraguay: The Most Dangerous Prison on Earth

   48m

   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.

2. 

   Germany: The Therapy Prison

   45m

   Schwalmstadt, a 12th-century fortress surrounded by a moat, houses some of Germany's worst offenders, many of whom attend intense therapy sessions.

3. 

   Mauritius: The Extreme Punishment Prison

   47m

   The tropical island of Mauritius is home to Melrose maximum security prison, where even the smallest infraction is met with extreme punishment.

4. 

   Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence

   48m

   An unnerved Rowe contends with aggressive cellmates at Maseru prison, where a high number of inmates are behind bars for rape.

1. 

   Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge

   47m

   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.

2. 

   Colombia: Narco Prison

   47m

   While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.

3. 

   Romania: Gypsy Prison

   48m

   Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.

4. 

   Norway: The Perfect Prison?

   48m

   Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.

1. 

   Brazil: The Gang Prison

   54m

   Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.

2. 

   Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

   51m

   Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

3. 

   Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

   51m

   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.

4. 

   Belize: The Prison That Found God

   51m

   In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.

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   Honduras

   44m

   Connolly spends a week inside Danlí prison in Honduras, where the toughest inmates are armed and act as enforcers for the overwhelmed guards.

2. 

   Poland

   44m

   Connolly serves time in Poland's Piotrkow prison, a maximum security lockup where the country's most hardened criminals stay in cells 23 hours a day.

3. 

   Mexico

   44m

   Mexico's El Hongo prison is home to murderers, hitmen, drug bosses and -- for one week -- Paul Connolly, who experiences life among the inmates.

4. 

   Philippines

   44m

   Connolly spends time in two different prisons in the Philippines, where overcrowding, gangs and severe intimidation are a way of life.

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Investigative, Gritty

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