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Vincent was in charge of rikers island. >> no recreation, health care was not available, because we couldn't get them to their doctor's appointments, people weren't 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 can't remember looking under a sheet or a mattress and not seeing a shank under one of them. because, frankly, anybody would want one to keep themselves protected, because ...

And they're perfect 18 episodes but nbc hated it so much. >> roll down the windows because i got a big one a-brewing. >> oh, no, please don't. >> 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 it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you can't touch are more real than the things you can. for instance, fear, hat...

>> 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 it's set in this fictional penitentiary. wow. what a strange show that was. >> in "oz," sometimes the things you can't 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 men's prison. it probably should be. but you know, it kind of announces the idea that hbo is going to get serious about doing scripted dramas. >> it's finished. it's over. >> but...

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.