REPORT: News anchor spent 2 days in largest US prison for new documentary

This is what I found on TheHill.com:

NBC News anchor Lester Holt recently spent two nights inside the largest maximum security prison in the U.S. for a “Dateline NBC” documentary on mass incarceration and criminal justice reform.

“The important thing for me was that we didn’t go as some kind of a gimmick, that this would be a reporting device,” he added. “We tried to be as unobtrusive with the cameras as possible, which allowed me to have organic conversations with people. I think we built a level of trust with those we spoke with.”

“I’ve done a lot of criminal justice stories over the last several years and was trying to move into the next level,” Holt told People magazine. “We knew we wanted to do something big in the criminal justice space. An idea was born, apparently among my bosses at ‘Dateline,’ to put me in prison.”

Inside America’s largest maximum security prison:@LesterHoltNBC spent 3 days in Angola, where he stayed in a cell block reserved for high-risk offenders and spoke with guards and prisoners about what life is like inside the prison.

More Friday on @DatelineNBC.#JusticeForAll pic.twitter.com/AZz2NotvW3

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 4, 2019

Here’s a first look at the time I spent in Angola, the largest maximum security in the prison in America. More this Friday on @DatelineNBC. #JusticeForAll https://t.co/sdcXk6waZW

— Lester Holt (@LesterHoltNBC) September 5, 2019

If you missed last night’s @FallonTonight, here’s my segment, talking with @jimmyfallon about the eye-opening experience that was spending 2 nights in Angola, Louisiana’s state penitentiary. Watch for a preview of Friday’s @DatelineNBC. https://t.co/OC8F2PWWxd

— Lester Holt (@LesterHoltNBC) September 4, 2019