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6 episodes in this season

San Pedro Prison — La Paz, Bolivia

60 min

Dallas County Jail — Texas, USA

60 min

Antanimora Prison — Antananativo, Madagascar

60 min

Tent City — Arizona, USA

60 min

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Sofia Central Prison — Sofia, Bulgaria

60 min

Miami Dade County Jail and Bootcamp — Florida, USA

60 min

Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

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Sofia Central Prison — Sofia, Bulgaria

Season 1 · Episode 5

Sofia Central Prison - a Bulgarian detention center, crumbling foundations and fit for demolition - derelict conditions too much to ask of anyone - even a criminal. Multi-prisoner cells, bunks stacked three stories high as well as a large count of isolation cells where prisoners spend 23 hours a day behind rusty bars, with nothing to do, vegetating their days away. Although the European Union requires 43 square feet space per inmate, prisoners in Sofia Central Prison have on average less than half. Central heating and hot running water are considered a luxury. This jail is a place of violence - inter-prisoner violence is rampant and many reports have emerged describing regular abuse by the prison guards.

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Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

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Sofia Central Prison — Sofia, Bulgaria

Season 1 · Episode 5

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