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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons: Season 5

Poster for Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Season 5

3 episodes · first aired Jan 8, 2021

Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland and South Africa.

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  1. 1 South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison Jan 8, 2021 · 52m At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.
  2. 2 Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison Jan 8, 2021 · 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. 3 Greenland: Prison in the Ice Jan 8, 2021 · 47m Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.