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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 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 ...

Permanent population slated to serve their entire sentences at brushy. >> ive been in prison all together 18 years. i come in when i was 18, got out at 24, came back at 25, now im 36. going on 37. >> lautenslager is serving a 90-year sentence for robbery and criminal intent to 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 ♪ ...

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. ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ ♪ thats all i can sing ♪ ♪ im lonesome and blue ♪ ♪ thats a...

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...

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...

Lautenschlager copes. ♪ i was 18 years old ♪ when they sent me to prison ♪ 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 be...

♪ its been 18 long years in this old cold prison ♪ sometimes i think its been so long ♪ ♪ i lost the girl that 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 ♪ >> snow-covered pines. its been a while since i had written it. ev...

♪ 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 three weeks ago today. and i spent 24 years of t...

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...

Lautenschlager copes. ♪ i was 18 years old ♪ when they sent me to prison ♪ 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 s...