THE PRISONER: X - EPISODE GUIDE

The Prisoner: X sees celebrity presenters unceremoniously placed in the world’s harshest prisons.

The Prisoner: Jack Osbourne

Son of the most famous parents in TV history, Jack Osbourne, once a notorious hell-raiser and drug addict, will be shown what he could have faced if he hadn’t stopped the life of partying that nearly destroyed him.

As he crosses the threshold of Shelby County Jail in Memphis, Tennessee, a melting-pot of over 2,000 criminals who are awaiting sentencing, with offences varying from parking violations to first degree murder, Jack will be confronted by hundreds of self-declared gang members. With the presence of renowned gangs including the Bloods and the Crips clearly felt, the jail is a time-bomb ready to explode.

The Prisoner: Toby Young

Toby Young, author of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, will spend time in the corrupt and overcrowded Westville Prison "City", in South Africa. As one of the largest prisons in the country, with six separate buildings inside, Westville prison holds 13,000 inmates, when capacity is only 4,000. Corruption is rife – guards have even been known to bring in drugs and knives for inmates.

The Prisoner: Debra Stephenson

Debra Stephenson spends time at Santa Rita jail in California. After playing an inmate herself in Bad Girls, Debra sees what it is really like for the murderers, drug smugglers and fraudsters who are housed at the notorious prison.

The Prisoner: Joe Pasquale

Comedian Joe Pasquale visits San Rafael prison in Costa Rica and gets the chance to experience the daily routine of the inmates and find out what prison life is really like.

The Prisoner: Marc Bannerman

Marc Bannerman, whose brother is currently serving a long sentence, visits Lubeck prison in Germany. While there he meets drug mules, smugglers and armed robbers who resorted to stealing to feed their habits. Many Lubeck inmates still manage to get hold of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on the inside, but some also claim prison has saved their lives.

The Prisoner: Will Mellor

Will Mellor spends time in Dodd's Prison in Barbados. Will will explore the state of the art prison’s facilities and listen to the stories of inmates serving time there.

The Prisoner: Linford Christie

In Central America, Linford Christie, the hero of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, visits Belize prison. As Linford enters the prison, he's surprised by the lack of security and wonders how, with low fences, a severe lack of razor wire and laid back security this prison can contain the worst prisoners in the area.

The Prisoner: Donal MacIntyre

Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre will be well poised to explore Louisiana State Penitentiary and the lives of the 70% of inmates serving life sentences for rape, murder and armed robbery. Whilst having put people behind bars through his investigative work, and believing that murderers should get life, Donal also wants to see what it is really like for them.

With 5000 maximum security inmates, Louisiana State Penitentiary is one of America's largest prisons, and home to the ultimate punishment: execution by lethal injection. The prison also houses a reminder of a more violent past - 'Gruesome Gertie', the electric chair last used in 1921 for the execution of Andrew Lee Jones, is a fearsome exhibit in the prison's museum.