Season 5 Plot
Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland and South Africa.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons Season 5 aired on January 8th, 2021.
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Season 5 Episodes
1. South Africa: The Number Gangs Prison
January 8th, 2021
52 min
At Brandvlei Correctional Centre in South Africa, nearly all the convicts belong to dangerous gangs known for lethal stabbings.
2. Philippines: The War on Drugs Prison
January 8th, 2021
52 min
Once again, Raphael Rowe volunteers to go behind bars, this time in the Philippines at Manila City Jail, one of the world's most overcrowded prisons.
3. Greenland: Prison in the Ice
January 8th, 2021
48 min
Greenland's Nuuk maximum security prison houses extremely dangerous prisoners, many of whom grew up alongside the guards now watching over them.
