This is a cool show for learning about different places and prisons in the world, but as others have noted, you enjoy it in small doses.No one is going to behave the same when being watched and video-taped and you can't fully capture the realities and bleakness of this life from a tv documentary crew.The hosts are funny, asking the same questions over and over again in every episode, and they are always treated gracefully and in a friendly manner, even by murderers, gangbangers, rapists, kingpins, and low-paid guards. This is just humorous to me, as the average man would not receive the same treatment. Of course, the prisoners and guards are talking to you and laughing, and being nice-- they are staring at cameras behind the host and have other motivations for getting their stories out, or behaving calmly for the moment. The guy talks about how dangerous and eerie it feels, and I am sure it does, but you never feel truly worried for his safety, because this is a TV show, with a visible crew and production. Informative and entertaining, but there is no way to really show the horrors of this life from a scripted show, where the guards show what their superiors tell them to, and prisoners behave like country club buddies at a fundraising event. Worth a watch, but hilarious at times, unintentionally.

The first season was honestly enjoyable, not the best prison show on TV but it was cool to see just how prison conditions are across the globe...... but the host of the second season... I've never actually turned a show off in such frustration, like I actually wanted to watch it, but this guys voice is off the charts annoying, I have English friends.. none of them sound this dramatic and drawn out. It honestly ruined the show for me, If your in the mood for a prison show just watch lockout for one episode and then get bored because that's what prison is above all.. boring.

Why did they change host after like 2 episodes and also he isn't a very good guy, they had a lot of incriminating evidence against him he only got out because one of the guys who confessed got bribed into giving the other 2 up who was involved

I liked watching the show. Inspite of the show host.I don't know who he is but I guess I'll never know - and that's a good thing.It's crazily overacted: „I have to undress? Completely? Here? - Oh that was tough. I know now who's boss!!". That's about the way each episode starts.What a pussy!And always stressing how verrrrry dangerous it is to sleep, talk, breathe here. But when you watch the show, all you think is: Okay, I got it, you're a pussy.Nevertheless he was still a charming guy and it delivers some good insights. And in spite of the horribly bad questions à la „Do you like it here? Why not?" it's still interesting to see how the prisoners talk and look.