Riot Island: Prison Without Walls on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1 – During the early 1960s, Singapore undertakes a revolutionary social experiment – to rehabilitate its most feared mobsters through sheer hard work.
These young detainees, who have been held without trial, build a remarkable prison complex with their bare hands and it becomes the envy of the world. Pulau Senang is hailed as a beacon for prison reform but just three years later, the detainees riot.
The attack sends shock waves around the world and sets in motion one of the largest criminal trials of the age. Secrets from Pulau Senang are soon revealed, where all is not what it seems.
Episode One:
Late 1950s Singapore is plagued with secret society gangs. To combat this threat, an initiative is born to send gangsters to a new open-air prison, where hard labour becomes a form of rehabilitation.
Riot Island: Prison Without Walls on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – New Series Premiere / Thursday 29 August at 8:30pm (2 Parts)
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Riot Island: Prison Without Walls on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1
