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Couldnt take it no more, you know? when youre in pain like i am, it hinders life. on top of it, youve got these bills you cant pay and youre not working no more. you cant hardly even work. you know what i mean? it makes you feel like, man, i dont even feel like a man. im above water, but im getting tired. and i do feel like im drowning. just barely, barely above water. im getting tired. you know, i feel like im going under. i keep pulling myself up, and i keep feeling myself go down. i dont know...

What am i going to do? rob a drug dealer? >> no. >> to get some money? >> no. >> where am i going to get the money? >> i dont know, bro. >> see? thats all i have to say. leave it there. damn it. >> you can either be a victim or a survivor. bad things happen to all of us. and bad experiences. be a victim or a survivor. youve got to make a choice. >> im a survivor. so are you. >> damn right. >> we have to. >> you have to overcome it. >> overcome or sink. >> dont sink. >> im going to try not to. im...

Eight years, ray slagle received horrible family news. his twin brother, roy, is back in prison. >> i talked with my mom and my mom told me that roy, he went to the parole office drunk. and ill be honest with you, that kind of made me mad. like why are you slapping it in their face? if youre going to do it, okay, sneak around until you get caught. but, i mean, you could have done that any old time. not the night before you go see your parole officer, bro. honestly, its like he wanted to come bac...

Associate with. its my real downfall. to be honest with you. i got a big heart and a lot of love for some of the guys. i got to pull back. like i told them before, i love you, but ive got to go. i got to succeed this time. ill die like them guys and i -- look at this. this is a castle to me, you guys. i love it. im so happy. >> and truthfully, roy should have been here with you. how do you feel knowing you had planned this? >> im disappointed. hes better than prison. hes really a good man. hones...

During his interview, he was able to identify that his cell mate was the perpetrator of that assault. he actually admitted that he and his cell mate weston kruger had gotten in a fight. he had told us that the fight was over a disrespect issue. he was trying to watch tv from his cell, which is a challenge because you cant always hear the television from your cell. and his cell mate was in the rear of the cell, shouting through the vents to someone else. a common way that inmates communicate. >> ...

Thats good. cooking is my hobby. on the streets, i love to cook. i like to make people happy. ill make something at work and ill go to the jobsite and give to him, hey, bro, try this. thats what i like to do. >> by purchasing food from the canteen and occasionally hustling vegetables or meat from kitchen workers, ray slagle gets to practice his hobby right in his cell. but the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions is when he and his twin brother, roy, were briefly in the same...

>> my partner confronted the inmate with the injuries and during his interview, he was able to identify that his cell mate was the perpetrator of that assault. he actually admits that he and his cell mate weston kruger had gotten in a fight. he had told us that the fight was over a disrespect issue. he was trying to watch tv from his cell, which is a challenge because you cant always hear the television from your cell. and his cell mate was in the rear of the cell, shouting through the vents to ...

>> oh, man, he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and choked up and he had me getting to choked up. i was like, come on, bro, pull yourself together. you cant be getting emotional in here. >> roy slagle was paroled in october of 2008. after spending nearly 20 years in prison, he is now living with his parents. >> if i wouldnt have got out of prison, i wouldnt have had my family support, i wouldnt have made it a week and i would have been back in prison. because the system aint goin...

What are you doing? what are you doing, rave? how are you doing? man, youre so beautiful. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> dont mention it, bro. >> man, you guys look good. >> oh, man. >> im nervous. >> you probably couldnt sleep last night. >> no, i couldnt. i didnt sleep at all. shes beautiful. my goodness, man. do i like old? >> no. >> yes, i do. >> youre a grandpa. >> i know, i know. i wanted to see emily too. >> thats your incentive.

You. >> look at this. i was wondering if they were going to do this. they took me in shackles and said they would take the orange off. you can tell that im a prisoner there. oh, thats terrible. all right, take care. >> good luck. >> a lot of these guys, you see them in six months, huh? >> a lot sooner than that. >> i know. its crazy. you wont be seeing me again. >> lets hope not. >> yeah. >> hes hope not. >> youre outside, ray, hows it feeling now? >> im really excited. yeah, im really excited. ...