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But had appeared on "lockup" years earlier. >> roy slagle is one of the more well-known characters from "lockup." best known for the amount of cell extractions hes had in prison, and these are very dramatic cell extractions. so much so that theyre in the opening title sequence of "lockup." we found out that roy had been released from prison and he was only a couple hours away living with his parents, and roy and ray are very close. so we decided we would go out and visit with roy and talk to him...

Letters, the twins had only one brief visit with each other in nearly two decades. but with rays release date approaching, that would soon change. >> so what are you anticipating with you and your brother when ray gets out? >> sitting down and going for a nice little walk with him. being able to look at him eyeball to eyeball and talk to him, you know. family. hes got a little girl. hes a grandpa now. i dont have no kids. but he does. id like to see him be able to be a good father to his daughte...

To watch ray because he was so excited about being set free and he was trying really quickly to adapt and he got to use a cell phone for the first time in a long time. >> hey, i look like a pimp. look at this little phone. i cant believe anyone can hear anything. >> and when they actually took a picture of him with the cell phone, he was horrified at his image. >> you cant do that. take that one back. >> but it was fascinating because you think of somebody who comes from this very deprived world...

So long, you know what i mean? im already -- i didnt hardly sleep last night. >> and then i was worried for him because i was hoping everything was going to go well, and he had so much at stake. >> so should we wait for you to get ready? >> should i get ready now? are they here? >> very soon. >> okay, okay. >> a short time later raven arrived along with another of rays brothers and his sister-in-law. >> yeah, yeah. >> you have a visit. >> all right, all right. thanks. yeah, yeah, ill hurry. its ...

Oh, my goodness. i aint going to lie now. after i read it and laid down, im practically having a panic attack. man, am i going to make it? >> it was interesting for me to hear ray slip into the mind set of what i assume roy must have been going through. it showed me what goes through someones mind when they are on parole. >> i already thought if i didnt have my daughter i would tell that [ bleep ] parole board, let me stay here. if i could just revoke and if it wasnt for raven because i dont wan...

That were on "lock up" >> its kind of fascinating to be able to talk to some of these people that i meet online and stuff. to help me to adjust back into society. theyre not convicts. theyre not in a pecking order state of mind. >> he was kind of excited by the fact that there were so many posts, so many people responding positively. mostly because i think they were women who found him very attractive. >> i watched this episode last night and became infatuated with this man. he is so sexy. he ha...

At the limon correctional facility in colorado, ray slagle became a successful hustler because of his ability to deal with other inmates. >> all right, guys. >> but as a father of a teenager, he wasnt quite as confident of his skills. his daughter raven was 16 years old with a newborn of her own. she and ray had not seen each other in almost ten years, but with his release date only a month away, they arranged for a visit. >> i was really nervous about the visit because ray was so nervous. when ...

Violated parole and had been sent back to prison. ray was devastated. >> it kind of pisss me off but i have no doubt in my mind im going to do it. this is dead. you know. okay. thats it. >> we caught up with ray a few days later. he had just received a letter from roy. it was written the day before he violated his parole. >> parole was hard for me. if i go back i am giving my computer to raven. shes cool. i like this part, too. okay. i have been talking to her on the phone. this is my daughter. ...

Would spend with his grand daughter and she came off very motherly. >> i wouldnt change it because it made me who i am today and i wouldnt change it. >> are you mad at me? im mad but i cant hold resentment. >> really? man. >> with our time at limon nearing its end, we followed him home. roy had recently been released from prison himself but that would never happen. . >> we were toward the end of the day filming and we ran in to ray. he was uncharacteristically very despondent. of course i had to...

That sucks. >> so were getting ready to change this tire, and ray insists he wants to do it, and we put up a little fight and he was not hearing it. so he gets down on the ground, takes his shirt off and gets down to business changing that tire. were all guys we want to have a part in that. we cant let him change the tire by himself. we have to get down there with him. >> come on, brian. >> come on, brian. >> no way. >> about an hour later we arrived at the mobile home that ray was about to call...