P Penitentiary News Today

Jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. its set in this fictional p penitentiary. wow, what a strange show that was. >> in "oz" sometimes the thing you cant up the are more than the thing us can. hatred, loneliness are more real to me than a shank and a soul. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get serious about doing scripted...

He trained and fought against eric roberts who earned academy award nominations for the film. for danny it was the start of a long and glorious career. he never looked back. >> ill never forget andre, the director, you fight eric in movie. you be my friend. now if you come out of the p penitentiary, its kind of a red flag. >> how many films since then? >> 320 or something. >> you move from there to serious bad guys to now action hero franchise. how do you stay nicen a a business thats basically ...

Although its a new day, not not much changes at the p penitentiary in new mexico. back in medical, joni brown pays conrad a visit. >> right now youre on suicide watch. im only here because im protesting. >> but youre using the system. if youre saying you arent really going to commit suicide -- >> i didnt say that. i said im protesting. >> okay. all right. youre protesting by claiming that youre going to commit suicide? >> theres different ways of protesting. theres hunger strikes. my hunger st...