Lester Holt spends two nights in prison for NBC reporting

Lester Holt spent two nights in a notorious jail as part of a report on criminal justice reform, reports AP. The reporter was locked inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

"This sobering trip frames Friday's" Dateline NBC "report on" tough on crime "legislation and what it has meant for society today," writes David Bauder in his article. show is repeated Sunday night on MSNBC, with a public meeting organized by Holt from another well-known prison, Sing Sing, in New York. "

Bauder adds: "Holt had access to the vast Louisiana jail called" Angola "because the desire to tackle these problems coincided with Governor John Bel Edwards' attempts to reduce the population on his state's premises. "

Holt reportedly slept in a cell on Angolan death row for two nights.

"The man in the cell next to him had not been out for four years," Bauder writes.

Holt reportedly said, "The only time I felt perfectly safe was in my cell with the door locked."