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Lockup Raw: Inmates Gone Wild Our producers have come to realize that it's inaccurate to say there’s never a dull moment in prison. In fact, there are plenty of dull moments, but that monotony is broken by moments of sheer terror, fueled by explosive, negative energy. |
Lockup Raw: Hell in a Cell Feb. 10: Starting with the first day they enter prison, inmates develop a variety of hobbies to make incarceration bearable. |
Lockup: New Mexico This state penitentiary was the site of one of the bloodiest prison riots in 1980 and our cameras found disturbing physical reminders of the carnage. |
Lockup Raw: Hard Time MSNBC producers found that some inmates spend almost as much of their hard time outside of their cells as they do in them, getting "extracted" from behind bars on almost a daily basis. |
Lockup Raw: The Convict Code Feb. 25: Follow producers through prisons across America as they uncover the unwritten rules that inmates live by in prison known as the convict code. |
An unprecedented election season MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann looks back at the remarkable 2008 election season, beginning with the crowded Democratic and Republican fields and those hard fought primaries. |
Lockup Raw: Criminal Minds Jan. 9: Nine of the most violent criminals to ever appear on "Lockup" give chilling accounts of their crimes. |
Caught on Camera: Teens Gone Wild It's happening all across the country. Out of control teens attacking teachers and beating each other to a pulp. They capture it all on video camera, and upload the footage to the Web, for their 15 minutes of fame. |
Caught on Camera: The Thin Blue line July 3: They're on the front lines of right and wrong, and right in front of the camera. When they go to work, the camera rolls, capturing heart-stopping moments. Real cops, real life, all caught on camera. |
The search for a place to sleep Niki and Ivan look for a safe location where they won't be roused by the Ocean Beach police in the MSBNC documentary series "Runaways: Ocean Beach." Watch this web-extra video. |
Meet the Ocean Beach runaways MSNBC takes you away from the surf and sun and onto the streets of Ocean Beach, Calif., a town that has become host to a growing group of runaway youth. Producers spent a month following their volatile lives. Discover how they learn to survive on the streets of Ocean Beach. |
Sex Slaves in the Suburbs A teenager falls victim to a million dollar industry that preys on American girls, who are kidnapped and forced to sell their bodies in order to survive. |
Sex Slaves in America Dec. 3: It’s a story that begins in the ruins of the Soviet Union and ends in America's heartland. NBC’s Meredith Vieira goes inside the human trafficking and underground prostitution scene in the United States. |
Lockup: Pendleton Juvenile Extended Stay – Zero to Sixty Pendleton is the last stop in Indiana for young offenders who have committed serious crimes. Unlike adult prisons, staff here must deal with impulsive teen behavior that can escalate without warning. When standard rehabilitation is not enough, teens need a more regimented program. |
Lockup: Corcoran-Extended Stay - Road to Redemption Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran. Once in prison, many of the inmates continue to make bad decisions that get them even more time behind bars. |
Lockup Pendleton Juvenile Extended Stay: Under Pressure During our 6 months inside, we learned some days can be even more chaotic than most. As one official says, "When it rains, we don’t have enough buckets. |
Lockup Pendleton Juvenile Extended Stay: Everyone’s Got Baggage Pendleton Juvenile is the last stop in Indiana for young offenders who have committed serious crimes. The staff is determined to rehabilitate impulsive teens who are often angry and violent. It helps them to keep in mind that one of the major sources of anger for these young people is what they've gone through at home. |
Born in the Wrong Body: All in the Family By the time Julia reached the age of twelve, she was living as a boy named Chris. Find out what happens when her mother enlists someone to guide Julia through the process. |
The Santa Strangler Adolph Laudenberg had secrets: terrible stories of raping and murdering women. But were they just an old man's delusions? |
Biden ‘wears his emotions on his sleeves’ Just who is Joe Biden? MSNBC takes a closer look at the life and career of Barack Obama’s running mate. |
The vetting of Sarah Palin MSNBC examines the public vetting of John McCain’s running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska. |
Lockup Extended Stay Corcoran: Lockdown No one foresaw that the greatest threat to Corcoran's staff might come from an event in a California prison more than 100 miles away. |
Lockup San Quentin Extended Stay: The Gang's All Here The prison’s police force is on full alert after a gang member is stabbed, likely by one of his own. It’s a fairly typical day inside a prison plagued by gang violence. |
Born in the Wrong Body: A Change of Heart What happens when you change your gender and then have a change of heart? |
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MSNBC's documentary "War Zone Diary" has been awarded the the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. The award honors the best in television and radio journalism in an effort to bring the work to public and professional attention. In addition, Richard Engel was awarded the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his reporting in "War Zone Diary." The award is given to the individual or team who best displayed moral, ethical or physical courage in the puruit of a story or series of stories. "Mississippi Cold Case," the documentary film that helped reopen and solve a civil rights era lynching, has won the highest honor bestowed by the IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors.) It not only claimed their top prize for network/syndicated television, but also received the prestigious IRE medal given each year to a select few pieces of investigative journalism. |
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