Behind Bars: Urso Branco, Brazil | World’s Toughest Prisons

Behind Bars Season 3 - Episode 2: Urso Branco, Brazil | 4K Prison Documentary The pre-trial prison Urso Branco is one of the worst jails in all of Brazil. Riots have been taking place here almost every year since 2002. Gangs battling for control of the drug business are also fighting it out behind...

48 min - True Crime - Free Documentary

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