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Inside the World's Toughest Prisons · S3 · E1

Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge

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  • Dec 14, 2018
  • 47 min

Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.

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Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.

Season 3

4 episodes

  1. 1Costa Rica: Prison on a Knife-Edge

    47 minDec 14, 2018Now viewing

    Though he's no stranger to life behind bars, Raphael Rowe concedes that Costa Rica's La Reforma Prison is certainly among the most intimidating.

  2. 2Colombia: Narco Prison

    47 minDec 14, 2018

    While spending a week inside Bogotá's fortress-like prison, Raphael Rowe must negotiate the oppressive atmosphere and deal with an ominous threat.

  3. 3Romania: Gypsy Prison

    47 minDec 14, 2018

    Raphael Rowe spends a week at a maximum security prison in Craiova, Romania, where the inmates include rapists, murderers and contract killers.

  4. 4Norway: The Perfect Prison?

    47 minDec 14, 2018

    Many prisons aim to punish and demean inmates. Norway's Halden Prison -- as Raphael Rowe is about to see for himself -- does things differently.