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>> im mad, i am, but its done with. i cant hold resentment. 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 ...

>> 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 out. slagle is really a cyborg from the future. so tasing him wont help. havent you ...

Hey, rayven. slagles first phone call is to his daughter, rayven. 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 ...

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 happen. >> roy is fortunate to have found work. but his parole im...

I dont know how i come across. i dont know how. you know what i mean? >> now is the time to start. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. thank you very much. i appreciate that. 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....

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. ♪ ♪ ♪ food is my art. when we cook for someone, we are sharing a little bit of our soul. to life! and when we eat, we begin with our eyes. just as the beauty of the food entices you to try it,

But thats not the case. >> are you going to make it? >> yeah, im going to make it. 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...

Defeated slagle will be left in the holding cell until authorities feel they can safely transfer him back to his own cell. >> good job, guys. >> everybody in prison aint the scum of the earth. there are actually real good people in here that do have some morales, that would never harm a child. old folks. # i would like to be in a situation where i could actually get real rehabilitation. this place here, its just about control. >> slagles defiant attitude seemed to change after the prison introdu...

>> okay. >> unable to get slagle and others to uncover their windows, captain cruz summons the emergency response team. >> so we are going to get them out. the first one is going to be slagle, because we identified him as one of the leaders. he will fight us. he will try to get out of his cell. >> determined to make a stand, slagle mounts a defense with the few meager items he has in his cell. he has jammed his door with a hardened papier-mache-like mixture with wet newspapers and toothpaste. bu...

Bit of trouble here or i would have been out a long time ago. >> im the shift commander. i need to have you uncover your window. are you going to cooperate or do you want us to come and get you out of your cell? slagle? no response. >> in one of his more memorable acts of defiance, slagle served as a ring leader when he and seven other inmates covered up their cell windows, a major infraction of prison security rules. >> well have to come in and get you. is that what you want? no response. >> jo...