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♪ its been 18 long years in this old cold prison ♪ sometimes i think its been so alone♪ ♪ i lost the girl i love to the arms of a stranger ♪ ♪ the only home i know is surrounded by stone ♪ >> a sense of freedom, you know. it frees my mind. im not thinking about brushy mountain or prison, you know. ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can sing ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can sing ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can sing >> snow-covered pines. its been a whi...

Brian lautenschlager is serving a 90-year sentence for armed robbery and attempted murder. >> been in here so long, sometimes it seems like i was born in here. >> how long have you been here? >> ive been -- in prison, all together, 18 years. came in when he was 18, got out when i was 24. now im 36, going on 37. >> along with working out, theres one other way that lautenschlager copes. ♪ i was 18 years old ♪ when they sent me to prison ♪ far away from my home in east tennessee ♪ ♪ still...

Far away from my home in east tennessee ♪ ♪ still see the tears my darling was crying ♪ ♪ as she whispered i love you said shed wait for me ♪ >> when i first come to prison, i had a girlfriend and she was telling me how she was going to wait on me and all this. and things change. and im still in here. and shes gone. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison ♪ ♪ sometimes i think its been so long ♪ ♪ i lost the girl i love to the arms of a stranger ♪

Of years its been since ive been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can say >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >> ive been in the tennessee prison system without getting out, i started my 39th year thre...

Been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >> ive been in the tennessee prison system without getting out, i started my 39th year three weeks ago today. and i spent 24 years of that time...

Of years its been since ive been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison ♪ sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >> ive spent in the tennessee prison system without getting out, i started my 39th year three weeks ago today. ...

90-year sentence for armed robbery and criminal intent to commit murder. >> this is a song called "snow-covered crime," a song i wrote years ago, and every year, i changed the amount of years its been since ive been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison ♪ sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-y...

>> this is a song i wrote a few years ago. every year i change the amount of years its been since ive been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can say >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >> ive been in th...

>> when i first come to prison, i had a girlfriend and she was telling me how she was going to wait on me and all this. and things change. and im still in here. and shes gone. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison ♪ ♪ sometimes i think its been so long ♪ ♪ i lost the girl i love to the arms of a stranger ♪ ♪ the only home i know is surrounded by stone ♪ >> a sense of freedom, you know. it frees my mind. im not thinking about brushy mountain or prison, you know. ♪...

Commit murder. >> this is a song i wrote a few years ago. every year i change the amount of years its been since ive been in prison. ♪ its been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ sweet mountain of home ♪ ♪ so far away ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ thats all i can say >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountains permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >>...