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S2 E7 La Mesa, Mexico

Documentary

15+

48 minutes

31 Dec 2017

La Mesa, A Mexican prison just over the US border. The inmates? Drug traffickers, rapists, cartel killers. They have tough times ahead.Featuring: Mark Rossman

Season 2, 7 Episodes

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - NEW Colony 100, Kharkiv, Ukraine

NEW Colony 100, Kharkiv, Ukraine,

Colony 100 – Ukraine’s prison for hardened criminals is marked by an omnipresent hopelessness.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - South Cotabato Jail, Philippines

South Cotabato Jail, Philippines,

South Cotabato Jail is one of the most overcrowded prisons in the world. There is no hope of improvement.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia, Part 1

Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia, Part 1,

The inmates in the Carcel Distrital in Colombia fight many battles: against other prisoners, against the guards and most of all against themselves. It's a battle that most of them lose.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia, Part 2

Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia, Part 2,

The Carcel Distrital is located in one of the most dangerous quarters of Bogotá. Nearly 950 men and 50 women are imprisoned here.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - El Hongo, Tecate, Mexico

El Hongo, Tecate, Mexico,

El Hongo is a high-security bunker in Mexico´s desert. With sensors, cameras, mobile phone jammers, this prison is a veritable high-tech fortress.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - NEW Armavir Prison, Armenia

NEW Armavir Prison, Armenia,

Once, inmates in Armenian prisons fell into the hands of the "Thieves in Law," a criminal brotherhood rejecting state authority and living by its own code.

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - NEW La Mesa, Mexico

NEW La Mesa, Mexico,

La Mesa, A Mexican prison just over the US border. The inmates? Drug traffickers, rapists, cartel killers. They have tough times ahead.

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Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

Documentary

15+

2 Seasons

48 minutes

Imagine prisons so tough that even the hardest gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. This series is an intimate portrait of crime and punishment that goes beyond the gates, walls, and cells of the world's toughest maximum security prisons.

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