Banged Up Abroad: Hellhole

The harrowing memoir of two men who were caught drug trafficking and survived South America's notorious prison system.

Banged Up Abroad: Hellhole by James Miles and Paul Loseby reveals an unimaginable ordeal of survival. When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. Young and naïve, they thought the one-off drug mule job would be a passport to a better life. But in reality, it was a ticket to hell...

They were sentenced to thirty years and flung into the world's deadliest prison system, ending up in the notorious Yare. A place where drugs and weaponry are currency and the rules are—there are no rules. "There are 3,000 drugged-up psychopaths, armed to the teeth with blades, shooters, and bombs. That's the only way I can describe Yare. It's a murderous viper's nest of assassins, cut-throats, and killers."

This is the gripping true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. It's about what it's like to witness murder and rape every day, fearing you'll be next. How it feels to join a dangerous Latino gang and eat dead rats in order to survive. And, what you do when you're at the centre of a riot between thousands of men with machine guns.

As seen on Channel 5's Banged Up Abroad, this is the most shocking prison story ever told and an inspiring account of human endurance.