Ewout: Dangerous Prisons

Ewout Genemans visits the largest and most controversial prison in the world: Cecot in El Salvador. This mega-prison made headlines this year because of the illegal deportation of migrants from the United States. Ewout sees how human rights are being upheld in this high-security prison.

Ewout spends three days in one of the poorest and most dangerous prisons in the world: Tacumbú Prison in Paraguay. This overcrowded prison, with its enormous social inequality, has a history of bloody prisoner uprisings. Ewout investigates how the authorities try to keep this explosive environment under control.

Ewout gains access to the notorious Texcoco prison in Mexico, where members of powerful drug cartels are detained. With its overcrowding, corruption, and deadly violence, this is one of the most feared prisons in Latin America. Ewout exposes the methods used by the prison administration to keep prisoners in line.

Ewout spends three days in South Cotabato prison in the Philippines. Since the country launched its ruthless ‘war on drugs’, this prison has been filled with drug users. With no possibility of rehabilitation or psychological counseling, Ewout wonders how successfully these prisoners will be able to reintegrate into society.

Ewout takes a look behind the doors of Escuintla prison in Guatemala, better known as ‘Little Hell’. Ewout experiences firsthand the enormous overcrowding in this dilapidated prison and sees how the authorities are desperately trying to keep the power of the drug cartels outside the gates.