Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - Season 1

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes6
DatesMay 16, 2016 - May 16, 2016
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Episodes

Tent City Jail, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Season 1Episode 145 min

Tent City Jail, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Old army tents left over from the Korean War house prisoners instead of cells. Will no walls or insulation around them, prisoners endure the unbearable heat of the summer, and the freezing cold of the winter. The Sheriff is a hard man who refuses to spend any more than he has to on his prisoners. Harassment and humiliation is a part of everyday life at Tent City.

Jun 16, 2016
San Pedro Prison, La Paz, Bolivia
Season 1Episode 245 min

San Pedro Prison, La Paz, Bolivia

Imagine a prison so fierce that guards stay outside for fear of their lives. Inside, the prisoners are in control: murderers, violent offenders, drug bosses. The inmates rule and anarchy prevails. Only the strongest survive this lawless place.

May 16, 2016
Dallas County Jail, Dallas, Texas, USA
Season 1Episode 345 min

Dallas County Jail, Dallas, Texas, USA

The Dallas County Jail in Texas - a supersized facility with beds for 7,100 inmates. There, inmates brought in for anything from minor crime to serial killing await their court dates. Up to 300 new arrivals come in per day. The biggest threat in the prison? Turf wars. With the surplus of inmates, there is less space to divide up between them, leading to relentless gang warfare.

May 16, 2016
Sofia Central Prison, Sofia, Bulgaria
Season 1Episode 445 min

Sofia Central Prison, Sofia, Bulgaria

With a crumbling foundation more than fit for demolition, the conditions in Sofia Central prison is inhospitable for anyone, including criminals. However, with multiple prisoner cells, bunks stacked 3 stories high and horrid isolation cells, prisoners live idly behind bars for 23 hours a day.

May 16, 2016
Miami Dade County Jail Boot Camp, Miami, Florida, USA
Season 1Episode 545 min

Miami Dade County Jail Boot Camp, Miami, Florida, USA

The two toughest divisions of the Miami Dade prison complex couldn't be more different. The Miami Dade Boot Camp gives minor offenders a chance to escape the prison through rigorous and unforgiving drills and rules. To many it is a better alternative to rusty iron bars of The Miami-Dade County Jail where murderers, rapists and robbers have their own rules of survival.

May 16, 2016
Antanimora Prison, Madagascar
Season 1Episode 645 min

Antanimora Prison, Madagascar

May 16, 2016

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