Go back

Brazil: The Gang Prison

Episode number: 1

Overview: Investigative journalist Raphael Rowe spends a few days -- both as a guard and a prisoner -- inside Brazil's gang-filled Porto Velho Penitentiary.

Ukraine: The Prison in a War Zone

Episode number: 2

Overview: Ukraine's Zhytomyr Prison is operated with a skeleton crew that allows prisoners to freely roam the grounds -- often with potentially dangerous weapons.

Papua New Guinea: The Breakout Prison

Episode number: 3

Overview: Raphael Rowe visits the short-staffed Bomana Prison in Papua New Guinea, where near-constant food shortages keep the facility on the brink of chaos.

Belize: The Prison That Found God

Episode number: 4

Overview: In Belize Central Prison, the inmates are told that rehabilitation comes through God. Raphael Rowe investigates if this evangelical approach works.