A crime journalist goes behind the bars of some of the world's most notorious prisons to explore the imprisonment process of various societies.
EPISODE 1
Poland
Paul serves time in Piotrkow Prison, purpose-built in 2003 to contain the worst of the worst, where he meets a notorious gangland killer and learns how a zero tolerance regime has all but wiped out the Grypser prison gang.
EPISODE 2
Philippines
Paul goes to the overcrowded Rizal City Jail in the Phillipines and shares a cell with a convicted murderer.
EPISODE 3
Mexico
Crime journalist Paul Connolly is given access to take a look inside one of the toughest jails in Mexico: the El Hongo maximum security prison, a facility where no-one has ever escaped.
EPISODE 4
Honduras
Paul Connolly spends a week living inside Danli Prison in Honduras, where the inmates are in charge. With only a translator and an ex-soldier hired as muscle, Connolly navigates through the 'hell hole'.
Brazil: The Gang Prison
Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe stays inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary for a few days, both as a guard and a prisoner.
Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone
Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is policed by a skeleton crew and prisoners are allowed to freely roam the grounds, often with potentially dangerous weapons.
Raphael Rowe
Paul Connolly
Emma Read
Gabe Solomon
Olivia LaRoche
