Inside the World's Toughest Prisons

Name: Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2016-04-20
Cast: Raphael Rowe

2016 | 7 seasons | 44 min | Crime, Documentary

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime fans and the curious.
The mood: Gritty, eye-opening.
The pace: 7 seasons and 27 episodes: a long-haul commitment, episodes of about 44 minutes, about 20 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
A big time investment at 7 seasons.

Crime journalist Raphael Rowe goes behind the bars of some of the world’s most notorious and toughest prisons. Immersing himself in maximum security facilities around the world to live as a prisoner, he encounters the inmates locked up for their crimes and meets the men and women on the right side of law tasked with keeping the criminals behind bars.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
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AudiencesNot counted
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AwardsNot counted
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Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 7 seasons and reached a small audience so far; spent 3 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 53K people sought it out in the past year