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Yeah, this is good. old walker, hes going to like it. hes been asking me for a while, ive been putting him off. im like, ah, bro, i hand it to you like im catering to you. i aint going to lie to you guys, thats tasty. >> today, walter walker is the lucky recipient of slagles gastronomical undertaking. >> you can have the fork. thats what i was telling me. the first thing he was asking me, can i keep the fork? ah, he got me for a fork! >> this is [ bleep ] hot, though. >> make sure you blow on it...

>> but one of slagles oldest and best friends in prison, walter walker, is very much alive. and the two men share more than tattoos in common. >> hes a hustler too. thats what i like about him too. hes on that level, too. we aint on the phone [ bleep ] crying to our people for money or this and that. he hustles. every time i turn around hes trying to get tokens from me. its the truth. you know it. every time i turn around, hes like, check this out, and im like, no, stop right there. >> got to su...

Its the little things that mean the most. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biologic medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. ray slagle might be known as one of the more prolific hustlers at colorados limon correctional facility. >> i dont want to see you on that -- >> no, no, im not. >> but he thinks of himself as more of an artist, a culinary artist. >> i enjoy cooking. i love it. its just, you know, ive always loved to cook. see, theres so...

>> later the topic turned to his brother ray. though they frequently wrote 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,...

Offenders. >> you still owe me two tokens, too, ward. >> i know. >> yeah. >> when i worked in the kitchen, id make 650 tokens every month. i made these sandwiches two tokens a pop. i cut it in half, and i make ten tokens of 0 it and i make 16 of them in a day and thats not counting the cheese and meat i cart out of there. im telling you, it was sick. i had so many tokens im telling you that i couldnt hardly get rid of them but it was nice. even deep fried chicken tacos, and id have dudes yelling...

Various hustles made him an intriguing character for us to follow, but we would soon discover another fact about ray that made his story even more interesting. he had a twin brother named roy who had not only been in prison, 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 sequen...

And later -- >> you know the first thing he asked me, can i keep the fork? oh, he got me for a fork. >> ray slagles signature dish provides comfort to a friend in need. >> good, man. hoo-hoo...hoo-hoo. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... ill get it together i promise... heeheehee.

Sentence for assault. while he had trouble living on the streets, few inmates we met lived so well inside prison. like your own little 7-eleven down there. >> yeah, it is. >> what is that? >> this is stuff i won. >> in a world of hustlers, ray slagle was king. >> the stuff i want i hustle. >> he kept himself well fed by mastering the art of hustling tokens, things inmates use to purchase soda and ice cream from vending machines. >> he had perfected the hustle persona. every time we saw him he wa...

>> 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. 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 daughter and a good grandpa. that would be nice. ill get choked up as soon as i see him, no doubt. >> are you going to make it this time staying out? >> yeah, i believe im going to make it, no doubt. >> coming up, ray slagle approaches his...

Thats not counting the cheese and meat i cart out of there. im telling you, it was sick. i had so many tokens i couldnt hardly get rid of them but it was nice. even deep fried chicken tacos, dudes yelling, slagle, me, too, hey what about those? id be going to the door sliding them underneath the door. theyd be throwing me their tokens. it was cool. >> his openness about his various hustles made him an intriguing character for us to follow, but we would soon discover another fact about ray that m...