t’s the strangest prison on Earth – an overcrowded penitentiary in the heart of a South American city where the prisoners run the show. Inside Bolivia’s San Pedro Prison, there are no guards and a hardcore population of violent and dangerous criminals, many of whom live with their wives & kids. There are drug factories and a brutal code of justice.
There are also restaurants, schools, barber shops and, believe it or not, even a booming real estate trade. 15 years ago, Australian author Rusty Young went undercover in this complex community to expose the corruption and violence. Now Rusty returns to take Denham Hitchcock inside the gaol they can’t shut down.
This story originally aired in 2015.
