Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons

{{Distinguish|Inside the World's Toughest Prisons}}

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| genre = Documentary

| director = {{plainlist|

• Florian Fielder
• Daniel Koschera
• Sina Hutt
• Daniel Lange

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| company = Maximus

| country = Germany
United States

| language = English

| num_series = 4

| num_episodes = 19

| producer = Christian Schene

| runtime = 48 minutes

| network = {{plainlist|

• Amazon Prime Video
• Discovery Channel
• Viasat World

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| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2016|9|18}}

| last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2024|04|17}}

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Behind Bars The World's Toughest Prisons is a German-made American documentary series about life and the day-to-day operations of Supermax prisons. Each episode features a different prison in a different part of the world.

Initially released on Amazon Prime Video, it was sold to Viasat World for season 2.{{citation|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/missing-presumed-dead-lands-nat-120000543.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|title=‘Missing Presumed Dead’ Lands At Nat Geo As ‘Behind Bars – The World’s Toughest Prisons’ Finds Euro Homes|author=Jesse Whittock|date=7 April 2025}}