One of the timeless classics of American true crime television, particularly the early seasons when the show was more unscripted and the inmates more candid, before they realized that their interviews would be broadcast to a nationwide audience and inevitably come back to haunt them. I put Lockup alongside the original Cold Case Files, American Justice and The First 48 as the best long-running crime series of all time, so it's a real shame that NBC has seemingly tried to obliterate the show's archives from existence, only making a small selection of revised (i.e. Butchered) versions available on their streaming platform. I suspect that this is due to the raw and unfiltered nature of the early episodes not doing enough to portray the inmates as victims, which goes against the prevailing views promoted by msNBC and their corporate & political allies.
