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Thats right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, were here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. roy slagle earned a reputation for his numerous cell extractions at colorado state penitentiary. now, after two recent cell extractions of his own, jonathan hall has just gotten word he will be transferred there as well. its the most secure state prison in colorado. a place where all the inmates are locked up in their cells 23 hours per day. >> i...

Out of prison gift. good luck. >> roy has his own myspace page. and along with millions of 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 impressi...

>> roy slagle was paroled in the fall of 2008. but his twin brother, ray, is incarcerated here at limon, serving 15 years for assault. >> how is your brother, where is he at now? >> hes at home. >> is he at home? when did he get out? >> about two months ago. >> he would act out, though. he would get up to that point where he would act out. and once he calmed back down, he was reasonable. but he would get worked up. >> point of no return. >> several years prior to becoming the warden at limon, tr...

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 inmate at colorados limon correctional facility. the prison gave our crew permission to show ray videotape of his brothers cell extractions. its the first time he is seeing them. >> a lot of things going on your face watching that. >> you know, honestly, i wanted to jump in t...

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.

Jonathan hall. >> he loved animals. >> yeah, thats your daddy. >> and later, roy slagles cell extractions become an internet phenomena. >> oh, check this out. >> slagle is really a cyborg from the future, so tasing him wont help. havent you seen "terminator?" so, this board gives me rates for progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but youre progressive, and theyre them. yes. but theyre here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? im me. but those rates are for... them...

>> 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 ...

>> 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 extraction team on its way, the conflict is about to come to a head. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> hes on the floor.

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...

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. >> this is captain cruz. im shift commander tonight on swing shift im going to ask you to uncover your window. >> no. >> are you refus...