Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons - Sofia Central Prison, Bulgaria | Free Documentary

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2018
  • Behind Bars - Episode 5: Sofia Central Prison, Bulgaria | Prison Documentary
    Behind Bars - Episode - Tent City Jail, Phoenix, Arizona, US: • Behind Bars: The World...
    With a crumbling foundation more than fit for demolition, the conditions in Sofia Central prison is inhospitable for anyone, including criminals. However, with multiple prisoner cells, bunks stacked 3 stories high and horrid isolation cells, prisoners live idly behind bars for 23 hours a day.
    The series accompanies guards on their daily routines: those who struggle to maintain law and order and those who abuse their powers mercilessly. But above all, each episode allows the viewer to see the world from the prisoner’s point of view: the newcomer spending his first terrifying night locked up. Felons who live for the day when their fate will be decided: will it be life behind bars? A worse fate? Foreigners, far away from home, languishing away under the most horrendous conditions. And mothers who have to raise their children in the shadow of prison bars.
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  • @FreeDocumentary
    @FreeDocumentary  3 роки тому +98

    Check out the toughest Jail in the US - the Tent City Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, US: ua-cam.com/video/JiIbENQtxoU/v-deo.html

    • @sugarskullcrunchasmr2210
      @sugarskullcrunchasmr2210 3 роки тому +5

      It’s brutal place

    • @solanyecaignet1308
      @solanyecaignet1308 3 роки тому +4

      @@sugarskullcrunchasmr2210 Jails are supposed to rehabilitate prisoners, obviously this is not happening in many of the prisons. It´s really tremendous!!

    • @MsDelola
      @MsDelola 3 роки тому +3

      @@solanyecaignet1308 they r bein rehabilitated.they have the oppurtunity to look at and possibly be grateful for what they,may,have had before prison.the hope is they will make changes when they get out and not come back.

    • @jacekplewa1954
      @jacekplewa1954 3 роки тому +1

      8uu5ytj tut t hurt Ttlljjtthhhhthhhthhttkhthtthth thjth5httht5jhthhkhhhjyjjjktjjjjjhhh5thththttthhjkjjjhjťl65t777rthjth5httht5jhthhkhhhjyjjjktjjjjjhhh5thththttthhjkjjj

    • @NHSSHINOBI
      @NHSSHINOBI 3 роки тому

      @@jacekplewa1954 wtf

  • @dexterkoula3407
    @dexterkoula3407 5 років тому +1433

    damnit, why can't I stop watching all of these?

    • @Serbian1985
      @Serbian1985 5 років тому +107

      Because it makes us appreciate being free. I spend 1 day in jail in US and it sucked ass, no matter our difficulties in life , always appreciate freedom because its priceless

    • @snow49032
      @snow49032 5 років тому +55

      They are so good. The Madagascar one is INSANE

    • @Ellasarr
      @Ellasarr 5 років тому +2

      Dexter Koula sammmeeee

    • @vZoinked
      @vZoinked 5 років тому +1

      snow49032 where’s that one I wanna watch it

    • @toddstanford9831
      @toddstanford9831 5 років тому +1

      same lol

  • @Ellasarr
    @Ellasarr 5 років тому +677

    “More on that later” it’s become an iconic line from the narrator the more you hear it each video 😂

    • @misslisamarie2994
      @misslisamarie2994 5 років тому +15

      Lol I noticed that as well I have been binge watching these. I wonder where they find these narrators, it's crazy how perfectly his voice fits with the topic.

    • @opiateexperiment2022
      @opiateexperiment2022 5 років тому +3

      I love it lol

    • @pylandatti1412
      @pylandatti1412 5 років тому +12

      @@misslisamarie2994 right I picture I tall middle aged white guy narrating in a dark corner somewhere lol

    • @CookieIsMyBaby
      @CookieIsMyBaby 4 роки тому +4

      Its super annoying to me

    • @Salomon_G
      @Salomon_G 4 роки тому +19

      @@CookieIsMyBaby I agree, but...
      ...more on that later.

  • @crocrocroatian
    @crocrocroatian 3 роки тому +395

    I think the narrator fears this prison more than the inmates themselves, but
    more on that later

    • @IsaacESFR
      @IsaacESFR 2 роки тому +20

      It has been a year already when are you going to follow up on the story

    • @crocrocroatian
      @crocrocroatian 2 роки тому +17

      @@IsaacESFR I love you

    • @IsaacESFR
      @IsaacESFR 2 роки тому +15

      @@crocrocroatian wow, that's a nice development

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 роки тому +4

      @@IsaacESFR Exactly! I can't stop watching these and I find myself so invested with the people being interviewed; wondering if things got better for everyone after it aired and stuff... sighzzzzz :/ I need follow-ups :/

    • @princecartwright645
      @princecartwright645 2 роки тому +1

      I love you 💕

  • @nbss
    @nbss 3 роки тому +350

    Funny thing about this prison it was built in early 20th century when Sofia was way smaller and it was situated in the outskirts of the city, but now when the city grew bigger it is surrounded by apartment buildings.I have a friend whose balcony has a perfect view of the prison yard.

    • @busterhikney6936
      @busterhikney6936 2 роки тому +12

      That's not funny, that's fking Hilarious!

    • @walker3551
      @walker3551 2 роки тому +5

      Does he rent it out for holidays?

    • @MrVladiston
      @MrVladiston 2 роки тому +20

      I use to live on the opposite side of the prison, now I live on the opposite side of my home :)

    • @HardstyleBulgaria
      @HardstyleBulgaria 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrVladiston axaxax

    • @sorrowstaylor2910
      @sorrowstaylor2910 2 роки тому +8

      Вчера живееше срещу затвора, днес живее срещу вкъщи....

  • @paco_is_a_taco1295
    @paco_is_a_taco1295 5 років тому +2089

    Well. A terrible broken prison. But.. Madagascar takes the cake...

    • @Mitch-zr4wb
      @Mitch-zr4wb 5 років тому +235

      More on that later

    • @pylandatti1412
      @pylandatti1412 5 років тому +85

      Right that one was the worst I've ever seen not to mention all the inmates "vanishing "

    • @Itzblossomplayz
      @Itzblossomplayz 4 роки тому +51

      Madagascar's jail makes the Philippines jail look like a 2 star hotel.
      I'll take the cold and the beatings here anytime.

    • @LaRedPDX
      @LaRedPDX 4 роки тому +9

      I don't know what my name is
      Nope. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

    • @Beatusable
      @Beatusable 4 роки тому +19

      You should see the Russian prison in Siberia! Special compartment for killers.

  • @brittanyhyatt3407
    @brittanyhyatt3407 4 роки тому +641

    Host: There's no tougher prison than Sofia..
    Madagascar: hold my cockroaches

  • @rad_y6315
    @rad_y6315 3 роки тому +254

    Hi from Bulgaria. Jock Palfreeman was released in 2019. I think he worked for inmate rights, he learned Bulgarian perfectly and as I believe he studied law during the time he served. Regarding the verdict i am not sure what he says is true, because there's a video tape of the incident and it's obvious that he stabbed the guy approaching from his back. The victim was a law student and son of prominent Bulgarian prosecutor. Palfreeman has similar stories in his past - stabbing a guy in Australia - case went without consequences due to lack of evidence. I personally don't know what to think about him - i am admired that he learned Bulgarian and he was helpful for the society working for human rights.
    Regarding the prison - many years ago i was renting an apartment in one of the 4 high blocks near the prison - i could see the backyard from my terrace. I know that if one has money he's doing easy time - they usually have cellphones, they have TV, hotpot for cooking & other comfortable devices; relatives bring food and they're fine. They do have electricity but they have no heat and during the winter can be very cold.
    Years ago i knew someone who was in the prison and he was quite often online on Facebook, even posting photos.
    So if one has money and connections then he's okay.
    What they say about guards is true - they really beat the arrestees and inmates. I mean Bulgarian policemen can be really tough. You never know. In the past beating was much more. There were cases in the past when police beat to death an inmate. I don't think is as bad anymore. In general public trust and evaluation of the police is quite low. However things are slowly improving.

    • @biaritzsiroko6117
      @biaritzsiroko6117 2 роки тому +17

      thanks very good information!

    • @CFarnwide
      @CFarnwide 2 роки тому +9

      Thank you for the insight

    • @robertperrine1212
      @robertperrine1212 2 роки тому +12

      Thank you for more info on jock and the prison

    • @carlstanton2550
      @carlstanton2550 2 роки тому +17

      Thanks for the update! Your English is very good, thanks for taking the time to write all the information out for us.

    • @knoxklay11
      @knoxklay11 Рік тому +1

      He strikes me as a far-left agitator type. Not surprised to hear he was the aggressor. Those types always tend to be snakes that strike and then make like theyre the victim after they get caught and punished.

  • @eatincrabmeats
    @eatincrabmeats 3 роки тому +76

    After watching madagascar, none of the other episodes are entertaining lol

    • @francelinamommyof3204
      @francelinamommyof3204 2 роки тому +1

      So very true 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 роки тому +4

      Entertaining?????!!!!! Uhhmm, I'm traumatized and scarred for life!
      Checkout the San Pedro prison in Bolivia, was it?? Yeah, I think it's Bolivia. It's INSANE and I've never seen one so blatantly open about the prisoners running the prison! This morning I woke up hopeless & depressed, thinking of those poor souls and the innocent wives/kids; wondering if any of them found relief after the documentary aired! And if any of them were able to make it on the outside upon release!

    • @DoctorJug
      @DoctorJug 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@marissasue319I watched san pedro last night. I couldn't stop thinking about it either. Literally INSANE

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DoctorJug 🤕🤒🥺💔🙇🏼‍♀️

  • @snow49032
    @snow49032 5 років тому +1309

    Just make the prisoners watch the “Madagascar” episode. They’ll never complain again! 😂

    • @misslisamarie2994
      @misslisamarie2994 5 років тому +69

      Is that the one with the rats, that carry the fleas that are transmitting the plague?

    • @greghatfieldjr2658
      @greghatfieldjr2658 5 років тому +20

      Miss LisaMarie yes that’s the one

    • @curtisnelson6968
      @curtisnelson6968 5 років тому +45

      The Madagascar episode is by far the worse one I seen .

    • @ydbetan
      @ydbetan 5 років тому +12

      Lmao right !! Or San Pedro one

    • @pylandatti1412
      @pylandatti1412 5 років тому +9

      @@curtisnelson6968 not to mention the inmates "vanishing" lol

  • @iztok252
    @iztok252 4 роки тому +257

    when you watch one of these shows and you're from one of these countries, you start to realize how the reporters skew the whole rhetoric so as not to interfere with the message they're trying to send across, the guard used the inmate's first name and told him to go back inside, they didn't translate it like that

    • @PoohhNani
      @PoohhNani 4 роки тому +53

      Oh yea for sure. Ive seen a few examples where they really exaggerate or just straight up lie to keep their agenda going in the direction they want. I can imagine this one is too. I know the one before this on in Armenia was a piece of cake and they were acting like it was the toughest place in the country lol

    • @neykodimov2786
      @neykodimov2786 3 роки тому +5

      Yep!! Just realized that too

    • @jackwalters8016
      @jackwalters8016 3 роки тому

      @FierceNation United You're an idiot.

    • @legion9353
      @legion9353 Рік тому

      Fr, i thought that something didnt add up, thanks to the 15-20 words bulgarians taught me 😅

  • @glifwsatti
    @glifwsatti 3 роки тому +21

    Comment section:
    50% Madagascar
    40% Wrong translation
    10% something about USA

  • @Dollheirs
    @Dollheirs 5 років тому +254

    Each inmate must have 4 square meters of space. Bulgaria doesn't care. Best line ever. 15:54

    • @scamfather2663
      @scamfather2663 5 років тому +1

      Hunnets man prisons lie. when i was in tha pen at Donovan st off the boarder of sd and tijuana we had 3 cellmates in a 9x4.5 room and only had rec 1-2 times a week for a hour. u cant trust wat comes from officers cuz they jus lie n basically torturing convicts

    • @bigboner23
      @bigboner23 5 років тому +7

      SCAM FATHER cool story bro

    • @mrvuki
      @mrvuki 4 роки тому +3

      @@scamfather2663 xD in the balcans I was living 3 years in a dorm with 3 room mates in a room 3x3m lol. who da fuk made rules that prisoners have 4m2 each wtf. in the room al we had was 2 double beds and a small table.

    • @mrvuki
      @mrvuki 3 роки тому

      @Lazar Cvetkovic makedonija

    • @panosnospa9615
      @panosnospa9615 2 роки тому

      @@mrvuki ...ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΑΛΑΚΑ✝️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @luchezariordanov9445
    @luchezariordanov9445 4 роки тому +726

    As a Bulgarian who understands the people who speak I want to say they translate not more than half the things prisoners say!!!

    • @Cuzjudd
      @Cuzjudd 3 роки тому +125

      Common theme for all these videos

    • @chenellebeautytv
      @chenellebeautytv 3 роки тому +55

      Wow I see this in so many videos. They really need to change that.

    • @thissucks8606
      @thissucks8606 3 роки тому +13

      Yeah that's why he kept repeating most things? You know what I don't want to be a bad person in life and especially after life? THE PRICE IS TO HIGH?

    • @user-mw3sy5nz8s
      @user-mw3sy5nz8s 3 роки тому +3

      True

    • @milekitic1737
      @milekitic1737 3 роки тому +13

      Не си само ти

  • @bightonchinembiri3106
    @bightonchinembiri3106 3 роки тому +38

    Promised myself to stop watching these😂😂 that was yesterday at 10am, not sure how it's now 4am and am still watching

    • @naydenzdravkov8999
      @naydenzdravkov8999 2 роки тому +3

      Me 2 😃

    • @biaritzsiroko6117
      @biaritzsiroko6117 2 роки тому +2

      10 pm here and really told myself to stop watching but I feel it is pulling me like oh just watch the beginning of the next episode.. and you know what happens if I would do that.... lol

  • @jamesgolder373
    @jamesgolder373 2 роки тому +12

    May have to go to bed soon and stop binge watching these episodes... MORE ON THAT LATER

  • @tristanclapton370
    @tristanclapton370 4 роки тому +844

    "I covered myself in swastikas and now they think I'm a nazi"
    I MEAN

    • @97Flyer
      @97Flyer 4 роки тому +31

      1of 5 swastikas are nazis and others have nothing to do with nazis

    • @mencot89
      @mencot89 4 роки тому +40

      he's saying it's famous in American prisons and he liked it. The way he thinks is so dumb and reeks of privilege. Obviously he dont have the capacity to understand all these things lol

    • @twitertaker
      @twitertaker 4 роки тому +10

      @Bella Donna Would you explain why you have that swastika on your wrist?

    • @Paxezz
      @Paxezz 4 роки тому +43

      @@twitertaker in hindu culture its a symbol for happiness or luck, and it had that meaning a long before hitler started using it

    • @twitertaker
      @twitertaker 4 роки тому +34

      @@Paxezz But do you guys really think the guy in the video is Hindu? He is european and a nazi.

  • @dannyatkinson689
    @dannyatkinson689 4 роки тому +101

    I'm hooked on these been watching for 3 days lol

    • @PoohhNani
      @PoohhNani 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao same. Ive watched like 8 of these the past 3 days. I was binge watching prison escape shows but I watched all them so now im watching this shit lolol

    • @jenniferowusu7106
      @jenniferowusu7106 4 роки тому +2

      Me too

    • @africaisacontinent2149
      @africaisacontinent2149 4 роки тому +1

      Same here

    • @simba5412
      @simba5412 3 роки тому +2

      You think this will save you from imprisonment :-) haha

    • @slytherinsky
      @slytherinsky 2 роки тому +1

      Still watching them after my “most dangerous roads binge”

  • @RONNIEJNZN
    @RONNIEJNZN 2 роки тому +17

    These videos are such inspiration to not crime, at all but especially abroad.

  • @isaiahmajka3030
    @isaiahmajka3030 3 роки тому +26

    I really need to get up and get dinner going! But more on that later😂

  • @Doomreb
    @Doomreb 5 років тому +217

    *More on that later...*

    • @gevorghovhannisyan2731
      @gevorghovhannisyan2731 5 років тому +1

      Doomreb, he always says that in almost every series of these documentaries!

    • @Doomreb
      @Doomreb 5 років тому +7

      Well, we'll get to that later...

    • @GamingPro-dn3us
      @GamingPro-dn3us 4 роки тому +3

      So much likes for a useless comment

    • @husky_47
      @husky_47 3 роки тому

      Look the rosjan prizon in syberia...

  • @bigbackcentral
    @bigbackcentral 5 років тому +164

    at 11:38 when he's about to describe the 4th floor, it just cuts off and he doesn't finish, anyone else find that a bit weird...??

    • @ryanjones4917
      @ryanjones4917 5 років тому +12

      I caught that too. I didn't notice it in any other episode.

    • @nzzs203
      @nzzs203 5 років тому +23

      Because 🤫shhhhhh.... It's a secret.

    • @VinnyVincenzoYo
      @VinnyVincenzoYo 5 років тому +13

      N Z Z S lol right, it’s like that 13th floor or whatever in the North Korean hotel that no one can visit.

    • @LaRedPDX
      @LaRedPDX 4 роки тому +6

      Sounded like “The fip........” before it cut out

    • @michaelmanzo4661
      @michaelmanzo4661 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah I caught that too as soon as they said feet it cut off LOL

  • @pietro_ferrari
    @pietro_ferrari 4 роки тому +17

    7:00 Ibrahimovic in criminal life 😂😂

  • @stevec6965
    @stevec6965 4 роки тому +52

    only prison i have seen where an inmate can wear an Air Jordan suit complete with Air Jordan 4's.

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  • @christheemperor7265
    @christheemperor7265 5 років тому +465

    United States prison is a cake walk compared to other countries

    • @scamfather2663
      @scamfather2663 5 років тому +10

      mr.chris mac it seems so but its not. wat makes tha pens here dif is the fact that you dont get any physical visitations and a majority of the time your Visitations are over facetime and not in person and thats what gets to ppl most and why US prisons are feared. Outside the US prisons it's just as dangerous just usually dirtier and you get more things to do then u would here in US.

    • @thealchemist69666
      @thealchemist69666 5 років тому

      Same at our prisons dumbass

    • @waynejr7068
      @waynejr7068 5 років тому +13

      Because they make them manufacture goods for sale in the US so they have to keep them healthy

    • @danielcamacho7331
      @danielcamacho7331 5 років тому +15

      Hey, is not just a cake walk....It's also one of the best schools for career criminals!

    • @misslisamarie2994
      @misslisamarie2994 5 років тому +17

      you are right inmates in America wouldn't last in some of these foreign prisons! Did you watch the episode on the prison listed as USA worst? The tent city in Phoenix, Arizona. I agree that has to be the closest in similarity to some of the other countries prison's. But still in actuality, would probably be like a resort to those in these other prisons. Yikes

  • @puggie1019
    @puggie1019 3 роки тому +37

    The cells where they keep the foreign prisoners look like college dormitories.

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 роки тому

      YES! And so clean & cosy, with computers & kitchen and everything!
      Lucky foreigners!

    • @childrensorg856
      @childrensorg856 2 роки тому

      I thought at first they walked into an office. The foreigners shouldn't really complain.

  • @mladjiinspektor493
    @mladjiinspektor493 3 роки тому +17

    Haha almost in every video, every second comment is about Madagascar.

  • @zoesdada8923
    @zoesdada8923 4 роки тому +363

    The "Roma" seem to be the same all over the world but more on that later.

    • @aptate1988
      @aptate1988 4 роки тому +3

      Zoes Dada 🤣🤣

    • @ivanhendy6979
      @ivanhendy6979 4 роки тому +3

      Nice one

    • @snoox27
      @snoox27 4 роки тому +2

      Classic

    • @burekking5306
      @burekking5306 3 роки тому +29

      Even on the moon, the gypsy is still a gypsy

    • @carlosoliva6134
      @carlosoliva6134 3 роки тому +7

      'Here in a European capital, in Europe'
      Hahahaha
      More on that later

  • @thesolocourier8946
    @thesolocourier8946 5 років тому +87

    LMAO This is probably the only prison in Europe that they put is security cameras in the prison because of the guards not the prisoners.

    • @sontrillthereal8186
      @sontrillthereal8186 3 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rcllagas2697
      @rcllagas2697 3 роки тому +4

      Hahahaha damn xD

    • @glifwsatti
      @glifwsatti 3 роки тому +7

      In Greece it's the same , people are even tortured at the police stations for their political beliefs

    • @rnik8156
      @rnik8156 2 роки тому +1

      @@glifwsatti because of multiple criminal activity of the guards(dealing heroin, beating prisoners, smugling knives and stuff), corruption comes from top to the bottom.

  • @DomEngines
    @DomEngines 2 роки тому +25

    The jail director during the "failed escape attempt" acted guilty as sin. His body language and the eye contact are so obvious.

  • @blueshizophrenia1056
    @blueshizophrenia1056 4 роки тому +24

    6:53 ibrahimovic after quarantine

  • @doodoobonejones
    @doodoobonejones 5 років тому +123

    "It really is the worst to get stabbed in the face and neck."
    Damn I was planning on getting stabbed there

  • @benjaminjones-gf2db
    @benjaminjones-gf2db 5 років тому +433

    After that Madagascar one all theese seem humane

    • @nzzs203
      @nzzs203 5 років тому +6

      Ikr??? I mean,,,damn... That was messed up.

    • @africaisacontinent2149
      @africaisacontinent2149 4 роки тому +14

      That prison needs to be deleted

    • @GoldenDawnNow
      @GoldenDawnNow 4 роки тому

      benjamin jones *Madagascar is mor emigrant camp then prison*

    • @mv0921_
      @mv0921_ 4 роки тому +4

      @@GoldenDawnNow true it comapres to sum of the WW2 camps . I mean at least they get food . God dam even the food is a repeat wtf

    • @Asad-kw3ty
      @Asad-kw3ty 3 роки тому +1

      Here violence is the main problem but there hyigene

  • @airsofter2247
    @airsofter2247 2 роки тому +4

    29:34 "In the middle of a European capital, in Europe" 10/10 script writing haha

  • @jjohnson6406
    @jjohnson6406 3 роки тому +65

    Whoever is in charge of the Madagascar prison system should be imprisoned.

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 роки тому +7

      Y! E! S!
      And in Madagascar!

    • @haddingtoniangcp2464
      @haddingtoniangcp2464 2 роки тому

      Government is

    • @casperblackcat1975
      @casperblackcat1975 2 роки тому +8

      The guards working In Madagascar even admit that the prison is inhunane but the country is so poor that the prison is last on the government's list of priorities.

  • @hannahnichelle86
    @hannahnichelle86 5 років тому +30

    That video when they had to fight each other like dogs low key scared the hell out of me

    • @kristianfranklin2374
      @kristianfranklin2374 4 роки тому +3

      RIGHT!!!!! Nothing low key about it for me I was SHOOK!!!!!

    • @deniz2783
      @deniz2783 4 роки тому +5

      This is just part of the clips coming out of this prison. Apart from sexual perverts in public. I watched simulations of hanging and strangling, organizing a duel between 'second class' Roma. Pedophiles and rapists are also targeted by 'first class' prisoners

    • @hristoskof1
      @hristoskof1 4 роки тому +3

      I can't say I'm shocked... Have you ever heard of the "Stanford prison experiment"? Now that IS shocking! Look that up and everything here will make sense to you, but be warned - it's not a pleasant discovery to make, mildly put!

    • @Beatusable
      @Beatusable 4 роки тому +2

      @@hristoskof1 Not to mention Guantanamo.

  • @shokhrukhabdurakhimov4731
    @shokhrukhabdurakhimov4731 3 роки тому +78

    The narrator says in 28:04 "like the Roma has to beg for pennies and food scraps." Actually it should not be the case. In my home country, there are many Romas. During the day they all beg, but they live luxury life. They are rich and live much better life than do local people. Begging is their historical job. They say "This is what our ancestors did, so should we"

    • @marissasue319
      @marissasue319 2 роки тому

      Huh?? Wow :O

    • @thenoisyneighbour
      @thenoisyneighbour 2 роки тому +3

      True

    • @dustinclouse6888
      @dustinclouse6888 2 роки тому +1

      I've spent the last 5 minutes trying to figure out how to pronounce your name, I have to give up now

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 2 роки тому

      Not true really. Most were enslaved for centuries and are very behind because of it

    • @user-vy2ll5nj5h
      @user-vy2ll5nj5h 2 роки тому

      In Bulgaria it is like that

  • @dillingersam588
    @dillingersam588 3 роки тому +2

    thank you for posting

  • @boostedhub7762
    @boostedhub7762 4 роки тому +184

    This documentary would've been 100 times better if you only had subtitles instead of dubbing..

    • @arttugrann6185
      @arttugrann6185 2 роки тому +4

      I disagree. It's great when shows are dubbed you can sometimes just listen to them like a podcast. And reading text from the lower portion of the screen distracts you away from the actual video a little bit.

    • @itsmewhoknows
      @itsmewhoknows Рік тому

      @@arttugrann6185 stfu little dog, the dubbing in these docs usually is mistranslated and thus gives off the wrong meaning most of the time.

  • @Cochise6666
    @Cochise6666 2 роки тому +9

    I don't think Jaques will enjoy a clean- ish cell with a computer after the Warden sees this documentary. He's there for a while, he should be careful. Props to him for being bold though.

  • @austinteutsch
    @austinteutsch 3 роки тому +39

    Every prison in this series is a cake walk compared to Madagascar. I've never seen anyone treated like that in my life. Beds? What's that? Sheets and pillows? Where? Water to bathe with? No where in sight. It really is the absolute worse in the world hands down. And everyone of them is WAITING FOR A TRIAL DATE, often times years at a time!!

    • @dustinclouse6888
      @dustinclouse6888 2 роки тому +10

      Remember the 78 year old guy that had been there for 38 years, never had a trial and was never even given a reason why he was there? Damn man

    • @fireice9763
      @fireice9763 Рік тому

      maybe paragvay,bolivia and south africa can be compared

    • @Error_-qz2zr
      @Error_-qz2zr 3 місяці тому

      ​@@fireice9763latin American jails are dangerous but atleast you can roam free on a lot of them look like a small village, you can get anything in there if you have money

  • @karliann1
    @karliann1 3 роки тому +18

    These shows make me sooo grateful for the life I have albeit isn't perfect but I'm so glad I wasn't born into some of these other places

  • @renegadethedestroyer
    @renegadethedestroyer 5 років тому +13

    You can’t tell people not to have hope. Hope is what keeps them going

  • @yourbro6864
    @yourbro6864 3 роки тому +13

    The commentary of this guy makes me watch all of these prisons 🤗

    • @chfgirl2481
      @chfgirl2481 2 роки тому +2

      He is a great guy. A very talented stage actor. We are “related” in a way……his brother is my brother-in-law, so we have known one another for a long time.

  • @darianistead2239
    @darianistead2239 2 роки тому +27

    When you're a refugee and choose to return to Afghanistan rather than stay where you are, that's truly saying something.

  • @eric81872
    @eric81872 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the video! ☺♥

  • @sketchturner6669
    @sketchturner6669 2 роки тому +28

    I recently bought an apartment close to this prison. I think they are currently preparing to build a bigger prison outside the city, because this one is on the brink of collapsing. And as every government structure in Bulgaria, this one is corrupt to its roots.

  • @andysaunders3708
    @andysaunders3708 2 роки тому +7

    Going to prison is THE punishment, i.e. loss of liberty.
    You shouldn't be imprisoned to BE punished.

  • @navindranv
    @navindranv 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent content!!!

  • @jeanette7403
    @jeanette7403 2 роки тому +4

    How am I supposed to get anything done when all I can do is watch these? 🤷‍♀️
    I like it and I like it alot! 😁

  • @jeffhatmaker817
    @jeffhatmaker817 5 місяців тому +3

    Considering the possibility of revenge from the prison staff, the Australian prisoner has balls of steel for revealing the actual conditions in the prison.

  • @TervelBG
    @TervelBG 3 роки тому +5

    Despite being 0.5% of Sofian population, gypsies comprise over 50% of the inmates 😁

  • @satka94
    @satka94 6 місяців тому +6

    Survival of the fittest describes what is like being born and raised there. Growing up in enviroment like that you don't know it's bad until you leave and see how people from other parts of the world live like. There is good and bad as every place, but it's my home even tho I decided to look for success abroad, I'm proud of where I grew up and the life lessons I learned along the way.

  • @rotshepherd3817
    @rotshepherd3817 3 роки тому +14

    As a bulgarian i can confirm the comments on the corruption and crime thing,we do have a financial problem as well. spot on.

  • @cbakotako2791
    @cbakotako2791 3 роки тому +60

    27:39 the only thing you need to remember about this prison. That is the main reason punishment looks, feels and is enforced that way.
    Also Jock Palfreeman was actually guilty and he didn't spend 20 years in prison, he was released in the end of 2019.

  • @RamnunmawiaRalte
    @RamnunmawiaRalte 2 роки тому +9

    Prison is not about physical toughness it's all about psychological toughness

  • @danbrady9452
    @danbrady9452 3 роки тому +40

    Gotta less us know every 20 seconds, that it's Sofia Central Prison

    • @pulakification
      @pulakification 2 роки тому +5

      Maybe the narrator has a gf named Sofia more on that later.

    • @ricknmorty7732
      @ricknmorty7732 2 роки тому +1

      He was saying it again as I read this 🤣

  • @prydainianspy4625
    @prydainianspy4625 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for spreading important world news!

  • @hilln8467
    @hilln8467 4 роки тому +36

    17:12 Expect the worst..
    Nvm.. this is a normal dorm..full of stuff and cat..

  • @gobshite
    @gobshite 4 роки тому +69

    'Here in a European capital, in Europe'
    Hahahaha
    More on that later

    • @sethj.7235
      @sethj.7235 3 роки тому +4

      Well yeah. Keep in mind that Bulgaria and Romania were the last to join the EU. They are still normal countries and do not treat prisoners as tourists but as they deserve.
      Just think. Maybe if Anders Breivik knew he'd be in such an environment instead of a three-star hotel, he would have thought before he killed so many people.

    • @velebitskadegenija5404
      @velebitskadegenija5404 2 роки тому +1

      @@sethj.7235 keep in mind that Croatia is the last to join EU

  • @GamingPro-dn3us
    @GamingPro-dn3us 4 роки тому +10

    I watch all of these I appreciate not being locked up. 😎😁😁

  • @mbalenhle2612
    @mbalenhle2612 2 роки тому

    Currently binging on all these for the second time. Yup, Madagascar still takes the cup.

  • @dillingersam588
    @dillingersam588 3 роки тому +3

    excellent documentary

  • @bonson9156
    @bonson9156 5 років тому +68

    The narration is repetitive

    • @PoohhNani
      @PoohhNani 4 роки тому +2

      As fuckkkkkkkk

    • @PoohhNani
      @PoohhNani 4 роки тому +1

      *_More on that later..._*

    • @oxgiven5377
      @oxgiven5377 4 роки тому

      It’s a tv documentary so those pauses?!?!repetition in the middle are like right b4 advertisements.

    • @Beatusable
      @Beatusable 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, sounds like Propaganda. And what the hell geography has to do with prison?!!

    • @Kredo800
      @Kredo800 3 роки тому +1

      And in 50% is a lie if you understand other languages.

  • @englishgrammar4274
    @englishgrammar4274 3 роки тому

    Stunning!!!

  • @nicoletorrance3786
    @nicoletorrance3786 2 роки тому +10

    There is something crooked going on here. No camera access to some wards, guards talking secretly to inmates, probably threatening them not to say "too much". Damn.

  • @Beatusable
    @Beatusable 4 роки тому +130

    Anti-Bulgarian propaganda regarding the village pictures. Gypsy ghetos are not Bulgarian to begin with.

    • @user-ve2sm4sp7o
      @user-ve2sm4sp7o 4 роки тому +16

      @123 Var you don't know nothing about gypsys in Bulgaria :D trust me nothing

    • @terminallove3531
      @terminallove3531 3 роки тому +7

      @@user-ve2sm4sp7o
      He doesn't know anything about gypsies anywhere.

    • @Goldsrc17
      @Goldsrc17 3 роки тому

      България така изглежда.
      Каква пропаганда бе

  • @valliagramm431
    @valliagramm431 4 роки тому +82

    I am Bulgarian and I understand the things that people in the prison say, only 20% of the things they translate are true. I am laughing so hard at this right now like LOL

    • @dylanallen5653
      @dylanallen5653 3 роки тому

      Wdym

    • @Toven_WaveWatcherFi
      @Toven_WaveWatcherFi 2 роки тому +1

      It's like this with every documentary from this channel lol all the dialogues are fiction

    • @arttugrann6185
      @arttugrann6185 2 роки тому +7

      Can you give a few examples? Our eyes don't lie though, and we could understand that English speaking prisoner quite clearly...

    • @uragirimono6519
      @uragirimono6519 Рік тому

      @@arttugrann6185 she's bulgarian, dont listen to her. Bulgarians like to lie

    • @stefigachadimova7479
      @stefigachadimova7479 Рік тому

      Моля аз не разбирам

  • @elin_
    @elin_ 10 місяців тому +3

    How can it be such an imbalance between rich and poor everywhere?! It's frustrating to see...

  • @xxxBeautifulMonster
    @xxxBeautifulMonster 3 роки тому +14

    I really appreciate the narrator saying sOfia and not sof I a. Most foreigners mispronounce the city's name.

    • @dustinclouse6888
      @dustinclouse6888 2 роки тому

      Wont lie, I'm guilty of that 😂 we pronounce it like Sof I a here in the states

  • @JanYi2023
    @JanYi2023 4 роки тому +14

    8:00 the guy didn't say we are armed. He said we are militarized.

  • @bustarogers9990
    @bustarogers9990 4 роки тому +20

    Something really of about that Aussie guy. I hate it how they make it look as if all these criminals that proclaim their innocence are actually innocent. Give us the details and facts so we can make up our own mind. Edit....read a few more comments below and low and behold it seems he's a nutter and sounds like he murdered his victim in cold blood , and had stabbed somebody back home in Australia as well.

    • @bellakatherman1477
      @bellakatherman1477 4 роки тому +2

      Busta Rogers nah...he is guilty of sticking his nose in some shit that had nothing to do with himself...but murder, no..he was assaulted by a gang of drunk students who beat him down kicked him and smacked him with some chunks of concrete..the goof who died had a bac of 2.9% hell, he might’ve died from alcohol poisoning anyway....but his affluent daddy used his 💵 influence to insure the trial was skewed heavily to the prosecution,and all exculpatory evidence suppressed and palfreeman was convicted....served 12 out of a 20 year sentence and released last year sometime,idk if he made it home to australia tho

  • @MrFafcho
    @MrFafcho 2 роки тому

    Iam from Bulgaria :D why i find this video now :O Epic!!!

  • @Firstnamelastname-pf6qe
    @Firstnamelastname-pf6qe 2 роки тому +1

    You know it's gonna suck when the hallways have potholes 🤣 @1:32

    • @olikane530
      @olikane530 2 роки тому +1

      Omg! Really? Thanks for the info.

  • @joeforte7829
    @joeforte7829 4 роки тому +23

    If you ask me all these guards deserve a raise and need to come to America and show our guards how to do it

    • @kL-vs6wz
      @kL-vs6wz 4 роки тому +6

      Joe Forte why because they have no nuts at all and have to use their position to rough someone up? Laughable. People like you who think everyone even petty crime criminals should be beaten obviously are the biggest pussies in the world, you would have to be to have never broken a single law.

    • @MartoG32
      @MartoG32 4 роки тому +4

      This shit is a lie the guards let them do what they want for money so corrupt 95% of cops and guards

    • @kayd4362
      @kayd4362 3 роки тому +1

      Nobody asked you dipshit

    • @joeforte7829
      @joeforte7829 3 роки тому

      @@kL-vs6wz whoa just cuz you got butt f****** in prison don't get mad at me about it get a real job you piece of s***

    • @joeforte7829
      @joeforte7829 3 роки тому

      @@kayd4362 let me guess you're probably a minority in America one that's always got their hands out trying to get free s***

  • @Cv3T0m1R
    @Cv3T0m1R 4 роки тому +50

    We don't have 100 million for a new modern prison, but we have several billion for 8 fighters. We don't have 500 million to buy fast and modern trains, but we do have one billion for two ships and a few tanks. Priorities.

    • @ivanpetrov5258
      @ivanpetrov5258 4 роки тому +10

      Цветомир Димитров за влаковете съм съгласен обаче за затворите не мога да се съглася не отиваш на ваканция хора които влизат там трябва да мизерстват

    • @multiklamer
      @multiklamer 4 роки тому

      Exactly!!

    • @raduradu334
      @raduradu334 2 роки тому +1

      Same in Romania

  • @googyberg
    @googyberg 2 роки тому +38

    6:44 "They never turn their back on a loose prisoner. It would be foolish to turn your back on over 100 convicted felons"
    6:59 Two guards approach and either look away or turn their back to the loose prisoner, as two more appear from around a corner

  • @ABEYMUS76
    @ABEYMUS76 3 роки тому +1

    Best documentry... 👍👍👍💪From malaysia🇲🇾

  • @Veronica-mp6tq
    @Veronica-mp6tq 4 роки тому +18

    Madagascar was by far the worse. Poor guy was there for 38 years and never saw a judge. I wish someone who help those people.

  • @kalatapie
    @kalatapie 3 роки тому +19

    The foreigners receive royal treatment in comparison to the regular prisoners and the German guy was still scarred.. Imagine how hard that prison is on the locals.

  • @jescaakal7346
    @jescaakal7346 2 роки тому +3

    I think am ready to go to prison now.... the way am addicted to this documentary 🙄🤦...... can't go a minute without watching them 😏

  • @aleratz
    @aleratz 3 роки тому +49

    I think Bulgarian guards do an awesome job. In other countries criminals are better treated than law abiding citizens

    • @cindyanderson3987
      @cindyanderson3987 2 роки тому +6

      Seriously !! This is the dumbest comment !education is the key ..

    • @mickyarams
      @mickyarams 2 роки тому

      So what country is that? Plonker!

  • @ta-sheenalitchard3491
    @ta-sheenalitchard3491 2 роки тому +3

    The Australian most likely got the beat down after this...

  • @booisgone9847
    @booisgone9847 4 роки тому +4

    America: Hold my beer
    Bulgaria: Hold my pencil
    Madagascar: EVERYONE ROLL OVER NOW!

  • @shingirayigomo5118
    @shingirayigomo5118 2 роки тому

    I’m so late to the viewing! I watched a few prison episodes and due to the “Madagascar “ comments I ended up looking that episode up and watching it. All I can say is “DAMN Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!”

  • @jangchupyonten6854
    @jangchupyonten6854 Рік тому +1

    That last scene of the boxing gym induced me sleep

  • @kimberleytaylor4475
    @kimberleytaylor4475 3 роки тому +11

    My favorite part of this video,was in the beginning,the lady sitting with pigeons😍You can tell they know and love her and probably depend on her for food!!! That warmed my heart,seeing that😍When i was a child about 9yrs old,someone in our neighborhood shot a pigeon in the wing and I found him in our cellar well outside😢💔and nursed him back to health😍Plus,once he was better,he was able to fly again!!! But he never left my side,even thou he could fly away if he wanted too!!! I knew he loved me for saving and caring for him!!! When I rode my bike,he would sit on my shoulder and ride with me everyday,where ever I went.He would even come to me when i called his name😍Chipper,was the name I gave him,because he had a chip on his wing from the bb gun😢I'm 55 now and I still think about him and miss him,he was my little friend😢

  • @jacquesnisbet2541
    @jacquesnisbet2541 4 роки тому +4

    All prisons should be like this. No one forces you to commit crime. Criminals are people who have no respect for their victims rights, so they should have their rights removed. They should experience the terror their victims feel.

    • @casperblackcat1975
      @casperblackcat1975 2 роки тому +1

      Losing you freedon is punishment enough If you are dehumised while locked up then you won't come out better for It..

  • @janpijanica3980
    @janpijanica3980 2 роки тому +1

    I live in Bulgaria and i can confirm this doc is faitful

  • @Evelynlouise089
    @Evelynlouise089 2 роки тому +2

    Honestly I feel like I’ve peaked too early in this series by watching ‘Madagascar’ like this is luxury living. I dont think anything can compare to that actual hell

  •  4 роки тому +5

    At 25:54 they introduce Stanislav as being 39 years old. I'm 39, and this guy looks way older than me. He must've been around the block quite a few times to have aged that much.

  • @fathergascoigne4609
    @fathergascoigne4609 3 роки тому +2

    > Winter arrives
    > Me who hates the snow, " A DIFFERENT WORLD "

  • @soulvoice5922
    @soulvoice5922 4 роки тому +41

    Damn it, my first documentary to watch was abt the prison from madagascar, and now the rest of them are so boring(((

  • @drsylvietourigny5428
    @drsylvietourigny5428 2 роки тому +65

    Clearly from the commander's anxiety at allowing the crew to visit the cell with an English-speaking inmate, the guards are much more brutal to the inmates than the other way around. While there are worse prisons, this emphasis on isolation and darkness and lack of heat create an immensely stressful environment, as evidenced by the behavioural manifestations among those who are not part of the elite!

    • @victorsavov2073
      @victorsavov2073 Рік тому +4

      "the guards are much more brutal to the inmates than the other way around"
      What other way around - the inmates being brutal to tue guards? 😂 Jesus, what prison would it be then?

    • @lesterine77
      @lesterine77 Рік тому +1

      Clearly. Except we don't know that. It's much more dramatic to think the guard was nervous to let them speak to an English speaking inmate. That "nervousness" could be grossly exaggerated or even manufactured. In not about to say the guards beat the inmates based on a 40 minute documentary. But clearly, you are right.

    • @stefigachadimova7479
      @stefigachadimova7479 Рік тому

      Nooooooooooo dhat ap prisoners are prisoners they're bad people and they don't deserve ot

  • @foreignuser_
    @foreignuser_ Рік тому +2

    that dude with the vest and the semishortlong black hair who grabs a thing and is shown in the same clip over and over again between sequences had better be the biggest criminal mastermind i've ever seen by the time they show him

  • @sujangiri7406
    @sujangiri7406 2 роки тому +2

    Lots of love from Nepal 🥰❤️❤️

  • @pumpkinalyxsa7476
    @pumpkinalyxsa7476 2 роки тому +15

    On the attacks: I think that both scenarios given by the guards and the prisoners are true, but personally I think the guards abuse happen more often

  • @marta7009
    @marta7009 3 роки тому +12

    Even if it's not as bad as Madagascar, it's still horrible. There's also the documentary "Bulgaria's Abandoned Children" which is just heartbreaking. The videos and photos don't lie, neither does the nervousness or the refusal to let the crew see the whole prison.
    At least in Madagascar the guards and staff aren't abusive and actually want better conditions.

    • @cartoonchan182
      @cartoonchan182 3 роки тому +1

      they deserves it

    • @sheilaboston7051
      @sheilaboston7051 3 роки тому

      After many years of political upheaval, there is a new president and he seems to be trying to do something about it. Madagascar is, too, one of the poorest countries (with a lot of rich elites!), but the economy was improving until Covid hit.

    • @grantglow4206
      @grantglow4206 9 місяців тому

      @@sheilaboston7051 thank china for covid...

    • @cleontuli3269
      @cleontuli3269 9 місяців тому

      Guys in Madagascar 🇲🇬 you can spend 15years without a trial 😢

    • @satka94
      @satka94 6 місяців тому

      @@cleontuli3269 some places in Bulgaria, you are born dead. I'd take 15 years over being born in a place forgoten by God.

  • @jmadventures9830
    @jmadventures9830 3 роки тому +2

    when he says "more on that later" you know it ain't gonna be good

    • @gabrielabdul8372
      @gabrielabdul8372 3 роки тому

      Exactly you are right!

    • @jmadventures9830
      @jmadventures9830 3 роки тому

      @@gabrielabdul8372 it ain't gonna be good AT ALL :( poor guys seriously

    • @gabrielabdul8372
      @gabrielabdul8372 3 роки тому

      @@jmadventures9830 if someone did a crime then he or she is not poor. But if someone is innocent then it can be said poor.

    • @jmadventures9830
      @jmadventures9830 3 роки тому

      @@gabrielabdul8372 i guess pitiful would be the word I'm looking for