Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons (2016-2024)

EndedReality show

Imagine prisons so tough that even the hardest gang bosses and murderers learn the meaning of fear. This extraordinary series offers intimate portraits of crime and punishment set within the gates, walls, barred windows, and cells of the world's toughest maximum-security prisons. From Bolivia to Bulgaria, Dallas to Arizona, viewers meet hardened criminals with stories that shake them to the core.

Network
Scheduleevery Sunday (45 min)

Last Episode

Taichung Men's Prison, Taiwan
Season 4Episode 345 min

Taichung Men's Prison, Taiwan

Taichung Men’s Prison is the biggest and toughest in Taiwan, housing some of the country’s most dangerous criminals and operating a system of ‘progressive correctional treatment’.
Mar 17, 2024

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S04E03Taichung Men's Prison, TaiwanMar 17, 2024
S04E02Lepoglava, CroatiaMar 10, 2024
S04E01New Bilibid PrisonMar 9, 2024
S03E03Maafushi Central Prison, MaldivesDec 26, 2021
S03E02Colony 8, Zhytomyr, UkraineDec 12, 2021
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