Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons
Season 2 Episode 7 - 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.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Mark Rossman
Directed by:Joachim Förster
Season 2
S02:E01 - Colony 100, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Colony 100 – Ukraine’s prison for hardened criminals. All those behind the walls of this Soviet-built prison have either already done time.
S02:E02 - South Cotabato Jail, Philippines
South Cotabato Jail. One of the most overcrowded prisons in the world. Murderers, rapists, and drug dealers. The guilty and the innocent.
S02:E03 - Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia (Pt. 1)
Inmates in the Carcel Distrital in Colombia fight many battles: against other prisoners, against the guards and most of all against themselves.
S02:E04 - Carcel Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia (Pt. 2)
The Carcel Distrital is located in one of the most dangerous quarters of Bogotá. Nearly 950 men and 50 women are imprisoned here.
S02:E05 - 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.
S02:E06 - Armavir Prison, Armenia
Once, inmates in Armenian prisons fell into the hands of the "Thieves in Law," a criminal brotherhood living by its own code.
S02:E07 - 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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