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Watching: Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

7.0•2016-10-03•4 Seasons

Season 1

Episode 2

Seasons

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4

Episodes

San Pedro Prison — La Paz, Bolivia

Dallas County Jail — Texas, USA

Antanimora Prison — Antananativo, Madagascar

Tent City — Arizona, USA

Sofia Central Prison — Sofia, Bulgaria

Miami Dade County Jail and Bootcamp — Florida, USA

Overview

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.