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In this episode, our producers take you behind the scenes and behind prison walls. You will see how the monotony of prison life can push some inmates to the brink. Premieres Saturday, July 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Video

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Love & Death
At first, Roger de la Burde's death in 1992 looked like suicide, then police looked again. The prime suspect: the genteel Beverly Monroe, his longtime girlfriend. Tune in Sunday, July 20 at 10 p.m. ET.

Lockup Holman Extended Stay: Snake and Fluffy
Meet Bobby Gilbert, “Snake,” who, because of his violent behavior behind bars, has spent 19 of his 43 years in the solitary confinement. Tune in Monday, July 21 at 11 p.m. ET.

Lockup Holman Extended Stay: Locked Up Love
Prison is a lonely place for any inmate. Relationships that existed on the outside become strained and the ones that blossom within the prison walls are often dangerous. Tune in Monday, July 21 at 12 a.m. ET.

Lockup Holman Extended Stay: He Takes No Prisoners
He's bold, he's brash, he's direct and tough. He’s the warden of Holman Correctional Facility. Tune in Monday, July 21 at 1 a.m. ET.

The Stranger
After a kind family takes in a charming and mysterious stranger, they discover what he was really escaping from a little too late. Tune in Tuesday, July 22 at 1 a.m. ET.

The Comic Book Murder
Usually, if you lose something, like your car keys, the worst thing that would happen is you'd need to walk. But what happens when police lose track of a critical clue in a murder investigation? In this case it was a clue that placed a key suspect at the scene of the crime in a suburban Detroit comic book store, a crime that left the store's beloved owner, Barbara George, dying from a gunshot wound to the head. Tune in Wednesday, July 23 at 11 p.m. ET.

Honeymoon from Hell
How did two seemingly unrelated events become the center of a murder mystery that lasted two decades? Despite evidence that seemed to point to someone else, police got their man. Tune in Wednesday, July 23 at 1 a.m. ET.

To Catch a Predator: Long Beach 2
Dateline is back in Long Beach, California, where the long arm of the law has reached out and grabbed more than 3 dozen men — in just 3 days. Tune in Thursday, July 24 at 11 p.m. ET.

The Hitman Tapes
The footage is disturbing...ordinary citizens hiring hitmen to murder their loved ones. But these “hitmen” are actually undercover cops, busting the amateurs who solicit them. Tune in Thursday, July 24 at 12 a.m. ET.

Eyewitness to murder
Nightclub owner Butch Casey and two friends were hanging out at home when two masked men broke in and executed each of them at point blank range. The crime would have likely gone unsolved if the entire thing hadn’t been caught on surveillance cameras Casey had recently installed in his home. Tune in Thursday, July 24 at 1 a.m. ET.

Caught on Camera: Sinister, Strange, Shocking
In this episode of ‘Caught on Camera,’ watch as a Niagara Falls rescue force uses teamwork in an attempt to save a man from the 180-foot drop into the icy depths below. Tune in Friday, July 25 at 9 p.m. ET.

Caught on Camera
Tune in at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 28 for the premiere of “Caught on Camera: Witness to the Crime,” and Sunday, June 29 for the premiere of “Caught on Camera: Video Vigilantes.”

Lockup Holman Extended Stay: 'You Wanna Work Where?'
For the officers and staff working at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility, the biggest challenge is dealing with difficult inmates. Tune in Friday, July 25 at 11 p.m. ET.

Lockup Holman Extended Stay: Til Death Do Us Part
Go inside the execution chamber at the Holman Correctional Facility and hear how the last moments of the condemned are carried out. Tune in Friday, July 25 at 1 a.m. ET.

LOCKUP, which airs on MSNBC TV, is a documentary series that gives a glimpse into life behind America's maximum-security prison walls. Click below to learn more.

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Religion or Mind Control?

The following footage is from interviews conducted for an MSNBC Special about the controversial raid by Texas authorities on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS, compound in Eldorado, Texas. Former FLDS members, as well as a criminal defense lawyer and legal historian, speak about their experiences with the religious group and their opinions about the community.

Kathy Jo Nicholson, Former FLDS Member

Kathy Jo Nicholson speaks about preparing for her wedding at a young age, her family life, and a woman's role in the FLDS.

Rena Mackert, Former FLDS Member
Many of the people who leave the FLDS have little knowledge of the outside world and their rights. Rena Mackert speaks about her struggle with her family to claim her children.

Karl Holm, Former FLDS Member
Karl Holm speaks about his childhood, polygamy, and his experience within the FLDS community.

Ken Driggs, Criminal Defense Lawyer and Legal Historian
Ken Driggs speaks about his experience working with the FLDS community. His perspective is that the raid will lead the FLDS to go underground and be more secretive than before.

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	Lockup: Holman Extended Stay In the Holman Correctional Facility, every day is a battle to survive. The extremely under-staffed, all-male prison is the home of Alabama's death chamber. Most of the inmates are lifers or are on death row and will only get out in a coffin.
	Lockup: San Quentin Extended Stay With its own zip code, almost 6,000 inmates, and more than 1500 staff members who walk through its gates every morning, a typical day in San Quentin is anything but typical.
	An unsettling realization Web-only video: For the crew taping inside San Quentin, the distractions are endless and unsettling.
	Slide show: Behind the scenes at San Quentin

‘War Zone Diary 2008’

	'I can't keep this up much longer' In Part 1 of War Zone Diary 2008, NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel explains why he chose to document his experience in Iraq, both on air and in a video journal.
	Chaos, anarchy, and key moments of the war In Part 2 of War Zone Diary 2008, NBC's Richard Engel recalls the days following Saddam Hussein's capture in 2003.
	The Iraq war that's not on television In Part 3 of War Diary 2008, NBC's Richard Engel gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what it's really like for U.S. soldiers — a far cry from the lives they left at home.
	’Incredible risk’ for Iraqi reporters In Part 4 of War Zone Diary 2008, NBC's Richard Engel explains the dangers he and his peers face when reporting from Iraq.
	'I got very lucky today' In Part 5 of War Zone Diary 2008, NBC's Richard Engel reflects on the stress of reporting, living and fighting in an active war zone.
	'Scars of this conflict will not heal' In Part 6 of War Zone Diary 2008, NBC's Richard Engel examines some of the moments that stand out from his time covering the war in Iraq.

Meeting David Wilson

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., MSNBC premiered "Meeting David Wilson" on April 11, the remarkable and inspiring story of a young man's reconciliation with his ancestors' history as slaves.

David Wilson is a 28-year-old African-American man from Newark, New Jersey. He grew up in a tough, urban neighborhood, but managed to navigate his way out of poverty and into the world of news production in New York City. Now, meet another David Wilson: a 62-year-old white man from rural North Carolina. He grew up in Caswell County, where his ancestors once farmed tobacco. He now operates a small chain of BBQ restaurants in nearby Reidsville. Although they have never met, the two men share more than just a name.

Watch the trailer | "Meeting David Wilson Web site

'Decision 2008: The Candidates'

	Against all odds, McCain fights for GOP nod A closer look at the life and campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
	Obama becomes rising star among Democrats Take a closer look at Barack Obama's personal and political journey.

Only on the Doc Block

	Sex Slaves in America Meredith Vieira examines human trafficking and prostitution in the U.S.
	Murder Amongst Friends Jack McGarey is hoping peer therapy will help him come to terms with the fact that at seventeen, he murdered his best friend.
	Lockup Raw: Hell in a Cell Starting with the first day they enter prison, inmates develop a variety of hobbies to make incarceration bearable.

Accolades for Doc Block

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.

MSNBC's documentary "No Place for a Child" has been awarded the 2007 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism which honors distinguished coverage of disadvantaged children and families. The judges said, "Stories about foster children are usually predictable in their storylines, but this documentary takes the unusual step of looking inside the courtrooms that rule the children’s lives. The producers provide a thorough and unflinching portrait of families involved in foster care. Happy endings seem elusive, but this production allows outsiders to perhaps understand why."

"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.