Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons - Season 3 - Eps 2: Colony 8, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Colony Eight – one of the toughest and most notorious prisons in Ukraine. It is said that no one has ever managed to escape from here! Over eight hundred prisoners are behind bars in Colony 8 under maximum security. Until twenty years ago, the guards even carried out death sentences at this prison. Not any more – the concept is now a different one. Plenty of “freedom” on the one hand, draconian punishment and military drill on the other. Combined with permanent supervision: Around seventy cameras in the buildings ensure that anything moving gets noticed. One section of the prison is particularly notorious – the wing for the one hundred and sixty lifers: If you end up in this wing, you have absolutely nothing to lose. Because in Ukraine, life imprisonment means: literally being behind bars until you die. Access to this wing is specially secured. To gain entry, the guards must go through a multi-level security system of mechanical and electronic locks. Escape: impossible.
About Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons
Title: Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons
First Air Date: 2016-10-03
Last Air Date: 2024-03-22
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 25
Network: Prime Video
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Drama, Reality
Production Companies: Maximus Film
Synopsis
These are some of the toughest prisons in the world. Prisons so tough, even gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. Across four continents, six different prisons, the series takes us beyond the gates, walls, barred windows and cells into an unknown world, a world we know exists, but a world nobody wants to think about.
