Inside the World's Toughest Prisons - Season 7

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Season 7

2023 • 4 Episodes

Journalist and former inmate Raphael Rowe experiences life inside prisons in Finland, the Czech Republic, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.

Episodes

Finland: The Free Choice Prison - Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

1. Finland: The Free Choice Prison

★10.0

September 15, 2023

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

Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison - Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

2. Czech Republic: The Crystal Meth Prison

★10.0

September 15, 2023

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

Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison - Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

3. Indonesia: The re-programming drug prison

★10.0

September 15, 2023

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

Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison - Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

4. Solomon Islands: God’s Own Prison

★10.0

September 15, 2023

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