Surviving South America's Most Brutal Prisons

09/09/2025 18 min
Surviving South America's Most Brutal Prisons

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Episode Synopsis

South American prisons are infamously violent, overcrowded, and corrupt. From deadly riots claiming hundreds of lives to prisons where inmates rule, surviving in these hellish environments demands extraordinary grit and survival skills.
Join us as we delve into some of South America's most challenging prisons and explore survival strategies within them, if at all possible.
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00:00: South America's Toughest Prisons01:05: La Sabaneta Prison05:26: La Modelo10:17: San Pedro Prison
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