Inside World’s Toughest Prisons host caught up in vicious brawl as prisoner KILLED off camera and crew evacuated
THE HOST of Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons has revealed that the documentary crew was once evacuated when a prisoner got killed in the prison block they were filming in.
Raphael Rowe is back on Netflix presenting the seventh season of the prison based docu-series, and he has spoken about some terrifying moments he faced while filming the show.
The host spent ten years behind bars himself after being wrongfully convicted of a series of murders, and uses the gritty series to give viewers an insight into what life is like in jail.
He told the Daily Star that he has received threats while filming and even had to be evacuated from one prison when someone was murdered while they were shooting footage for the documentary.
Raphael said: “There have been occasions where we have been attacked, both on and off camera. We’ve been in Costa Rica when a prisoner was killed in the block that we were in and we had to be moved.
“Luckily that wasn’t targeted at me and my crew but it was in close proximity. If that was a scene where there was a conflict between groups, we could’ve been caught up in that.
“I’ve been threatened directly by prisoners and sometimes it’s really difficult to tell whether they’re doing it because the cameras are there or they’re doing it because it’s what they do.”
The broadcast journalist and TV presenter admitted there is an element of risk involved in making the show, adding: “There have been other occasions where there has been some animosity between prisoners and prison staff because of our presence, or because of something that’s been boiling and we’ve happened to be there when it’s gone on.”
Scenes in the new season show Raphael heading to the Rove Central Correctional Centre in the Solomon Islands.
One shocking case finds him interacting with a man locked up in the “dingy” prison for killing his own ten year old son.
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