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>> at the end of the 90s, the jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea th...

Coming out. bill, bam, boom. >> the larry sanders show was very unique in that it was very dead pan. and really ground breaking in its day. >> i think it made people go, thats the level of work you may be able to do on a cable network. >> oz comes on in 97, set in this fictional penitentiary. wow, what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than what you cant. fear, hatred, loneliness are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw droppingly viole...

Appointments. >> violence is rampant. >> what would you say is the percentage with weapons. >> several units unstaffed completely. i cant remember looking under a sheet or mattress and not seeing a shank under one of them. anybody would want one to keep themselves protected. there was no correction officer. >> obtaining more than 100 hours of video from inside rikers. scenes like this. an attempted knifing and inmate organized so-called fight night where some detainees were forced to participate...

Cockpit according to court papers holding a plastic utensil like a shank and kicking a service cart into an attendant. he tried to open up the cockpit door. an attendant hit him with a coffee pot and other passengers rushed up, punched him, tackling and securing him. the flight from l.a. to d.c. was diverted to kansas city where revis was taken into custody. the faa says on average about 10 unruly travelers are reported every day. >> steep rise in these cases, flight attendants have been asking ...

63", 240 pound man confronted the crew right outside the cockpit, according to court papers, holding a plastic utensil like a shank. those documents say juan roberto revas tried to open the boarding door saying people on the plane were attempt to go hurt him and were going to bring down the plane before an attendant hit him with a coffee pot and other passengers rushed up, punching, tackling and securing him with handcuffs and duct tape. the flight from l.a. to d.c. was then diverted to kansas c...

Vincent was in charge of rikers island. >> no recreation, health care was not available, because we couldnt get them to their doctors appointments, people werent making it on time. >> reporter: violence, he says, was rampant. what would you say, was a percentage of prisoners that would have weapons? >> there were several units that were unstaffed completely. there was no corrections officers physically in the unit. and i cant remember looking under a sheet or a mattress and not seeing a shank un...

And theyre perfect 18 episodes but nbc hated it so much. >> roll down the windows because i got a big one a-brewing. >> oh, no, please dont. >> they thought it was a show by losers, about losers, for losers. they hated it. they wanted no part of it, and they killed it. >> at the end of the 90s, the jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," some...

>> at the end of the 90s, the jig is starting to be up for the networks. basically, quality migrates to cable. >> "oz" comes on in 97. and its set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you cant touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hatred, loneliness, are more real to me than a shank. >> it was jaw-droppingly violent. it was a mens prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea th...

The victim was injured by a fellow inmate holding a 14" improvised blade.

The videos appear to show students punching, pulling and striking each other in various rooms throughout the school building.