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Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons

2016★ 7.0 / 1060 min4 Seasons

These are some of the toughest prisons in the world. Prisons so tough, even gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. Across four continents, six different prisons, the series takes us beyond the gates, walls, barred windows and cells into an unknown world, a world we know exists, but a world nobody wants to think about.

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S1 E1 San Pedro Prison — La Paz, BoliviaOct 3, 2016 · 60 minA prison with guards on the outside but not on the inside because they fear for their lives. On the inside, the prisoners are…Episode details → S1 E2 Dallas County Jail — Texas, USA · 60 minThe Dallas County Jail in Texas - a mega-jail with room for 7,100 inmates, where everyone from small-time criminals to serial killers wait for…Episode details → S1 E3 Antanimora Prison — Antananativo, Madagascar · 60 minDesperate overcrowding, rats, disease - welcome to Antanimora Prison in Madagascar. A prison in the middle of the capital Antananarivo and bursting at the…Episode details → S1 E4 Tent City — Arizona, USA · 60 minTent City Jail - a prison in the desert of Arizona, USA. If you're in this place, you are in for tough times. As…Episode details → S1 E5 Sofia Central Prison — Sofia, Bulgaria · 60 minSofia Central Prison - a Bulgarian detention center, crumbling foundations and fit for demolition - derelict conditions too much to ask of anyone -…Episode details → S1 E6 Miami Dade County Jail and Bootcamp — Florida, USA · 60 minThe Miami-Dade County Jail and the Miami Dade Boot Camp - the two toughest divisions of the Miami Dade prison complex but they couldn't…Episode details →