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As a matter of fact, i promise im going to make it. you guys can always take updates and look on the internet and see slagle is free, im doing well. im going to make a hell of a grandfather and im going to get to know my daughter. boy, shes got that coming. you know what, little girls need their dads. i dont care if shes 20, 30 years old, she still needs my love, man. shes going to have it. im not letting her down, you know? all right. this is it. freedom, baby. freedom.

I got to be cautious on who i 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...

That feels good. >> youre welcome. keep your head low and stay out of the max. >> i will, i will. >> all right. >> lifes a bitch, man, thats what you get for being wild. dont be wild. slow your road. be more calm. you miss out on everything thats precious to you if youre wild like me. i aint going to do that no more. that [ bleep ] sucks. coming up, in spite of his troubles inside prison, family members show another side of jonathan hall. >> he loved animals. >> yeah, thats your daddy. >> and ...

Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. roy slagle is probably best known for the frequency and intensity of his cell extractions when he was an inmate at colorado state penitentiary. >> introduce gas. >> roy is now out of prison. but his twin brother, ray, is an ...

I dont know. >> really? >> i am who i am today because of it. and i dont think i came out too bad. >> no, no -- >> after jumping the hurdles and going through ups and downs, but -- >> now you bounce back. >> yeah. yeah. >> i know we dont know each other that well. but i know im going to get to know you. im going to make a -- youre going to be a big part of my life, honey, you and emily. >> i just want you to be there. >> im going to be there, you know what i mean? >> life is too short. >> it is....

She lives in another part of the state. but thats something slagle hopes to change. >> well, honey, i just want you to know one thing, this is very important to me that you know this, you always have a place with me. always, no matter what, you know what i mean? im out now and i love you very much. youre my daughter and emily is my grand daughter and i would love you guys to live with me. you want her to send a picture of me? all right. does this thing take pictures? >> yeah. >> all right. >> no...

Others, he views his extraction footage on "lockup" clips that appear on msnbc.com. >> when youre down like that, clothes cut off of you, naked as a jaybird, put down on the floor, man, youre at the bottom. it dont get no worse than that. it just dont. i hope when its all said and done, someday when im six feet under, i hope this isnt what defines my life. >> still, the videos have made a definite impression. >> can i get a dollar for every person that views this? im just asking. oh, check this ...

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 going to help you out. thats not going to happ...

>> when youre down like that, naked as a jaybird, put down on the floor, youre at the bottom. it dont get no worse than that. >> roy slagle looks back while his twin brother ray looks forward to a long awaited reunion behind the walls of limon. >> im so anxious. i havent seen my daughter in so long, you know what i mean? i didnt hardly sleep last night.

Ever occur between inmates and staff. and few extractions in the state of colorado have provided more drama than the ones involving this man, roy slagle. we first met roy in the original "lockup" episode at colorado state penitentiary in 2000. at the time he had been through five gruelling cell extractions. >> i got some criminal tendencies, okay? you know what i mean. i robbed, i assaulted a guy in here. it aint like im in here for nothing, you know? >> roy slagle was paroled in the fall of 200...