Behind Bars: America's Toughest Jail
Season 1
In a unique experiment, a group of British men have signed up to become inmates in a real American prison -- their last chance to get back on the straight and narrow.
Where to Watch Behind Bars: America's Toughest Jail • Season 1
9 Episodes
- Episode 2E2
Episode 2After a hostile night locked up in Tent City, a notorious jail known as the "Alcatraz of Arizona," the British lads make first contact with the convicts who have made their lives a living hell, and the regime is too tough for some of them to handle. But worse is in store when they are taken to the secure unit - and join a real Chain Gang. - Episode 3E3
Episode 3The Brits make a shocking discovery whilst doing hard labor on the Chain Gang in the blistering desert heat. They are taken to a high security facility to coem face to face with a neo-nazi killer but some of the lads are unwilling to follow the strict rules of America's toughest jail and risk being sent packing. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5The lads are pushed to breaking point on the Chain Gang, clearing a homeless camp under the ever-watchful gaze of Officer Siladji, ex-special forces. After days of simmering tension, war finally breaks out between the Brits and Americans when the Brits break an unwritten rule of prison conduct. - Episode 7E7
Episode 7While scrubbing gang graffiti in one of Arizona's toughest crime ghettos, there are serious repercussions for one unlucky inmate caught trying to smuggle a cigarette back into jail. That night the jail SWAT team conducts a surprise raid on the British tent, searching for illegal contraband, regardless of which bodily orifice may be hiding it.