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Down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially its just another cell. its a dead room with a pull-up bar. there is window where you can get some fresh air. thats it. # everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in the shower. you have no human contact with nobody at all. >> but roy slagle has had more contact than most inmates here. its just been all the wrong kind. at the time of our shoot, he held a dubious record. he had had more cell extractions than any other inmate at the priso...

And refuse orders to cuff up and vacate their cells. its then up to a specially trained emergency response team to forcibly remove them. and in slagles case, the extractions are always intense. >> [ bleep ]. >> roy slagle is a big, powerful guy. he is intimidating looking. when you meet him, you understand why he would have been considered a formidable opponent in a cell extraction. >> in and out of correctional facilities since the age of 14, slagle was serving time for robbery and assault when...

>> easy on the floor with his feet up against the door. prepare to come out. >> slagle fights off the extraction team for a full minute before they take him to the floor and attempt to cuff him. >> [ bleep ]. >> it takes another four minutes of struggling before slagle is finally subdued. hes placed on a gurney so that the team can move him into a holding cell. following a strip search, a

>> yes. >> 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, because we identified him in numerous cell extractions. 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. but with the extra...

Holding cell. following a strip search, a 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 would never harm a child. 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 intro...

Really tough game. and that was the case with slagle as he was recovering from his pepper spray. >> yeah, [ bleep ]. first time for that. >> i dont know. next on "lockup: raw." ♪ spent 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison >> one inmates way of dealing with hard time. >> every year i change the amount of years its been since ive been in prison. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be m...

Trained emergency response team to forcibly remove them. and in slagles case, the extractions are always intense. >> [ bleep ]. >> roy slagle is a big, powerful guy. he is intimidating looking. when you meet him, you understand why he would have been considered a formidable opponent in a cell extraction. >> in and out of correctional facilities since the age of 14, slagle was serving time for robbery and assault when we met him. >> i got some criminal tendencies, okay? i robbed and i fought with...

Up were going to administer oc? >> yes. i understand. >> slagles first experience with the gas might have been a rude awakening. it was also one of the few times he submitted to an extraction without a prolonged struggle. after determining he is not going to be combative, officers allow slagle to shower off the burning gas. >> one of the really amazing things about the cell extractions is that sometimes afterwards, the inmate and the officers seem to have a camaraderie, almost like pro athletes ...

Them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day youre locked down. you come out for five hours a week. essentially its just another cell. its a dead room with a pull-up bar. theres one small window. everywhere you go, handcuffed, handcuffed to go in the shower. you have no human contact with nobody at all. >> but roy slagle has had more contact than most inmates here. its just been all the wrong kind. at the time of our shoot, he held a dubious record. he had had more cell ex...

The team can move him into a holding cell. following a strip search, a 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 would never harm a child. 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 ...