Page 27 - Roy Slagle News Today

>> 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. coming up, in spite of his troubles inside prison, family members s...

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 seen "terminator"? are you serious? oh, no, no. i watched this ...

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. >> we waste time. >> i know. >> one week after his reu...

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 imposes a 4:00 p.m. curfew and prohibits him from leaving the c...

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. >> im just trying to stay mentally prepared to sit back and be locked down for the next two, three years. >> several days after a visit with his family, hal...

Be a part of my sons life, no matter what. im so excited that hes taken to the fact that this is your daddy. i know it hurts him, though, because hes out there saying daddys stuck. so i know its still hard for him. because once we leave here, i think its going to really hurt him more than anything. >> orion -- >> put your hand up. >> how are you doing? >> all of it is depressing. what can you say? you know, you want to hug him. and everything else. and its like, you know, like you lost your son,...

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 introduced the use of oc gas, also known as pepper spray, to their extraction procedure. >> please com...

>> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> hes on the floor. >> 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.

I robbed and i fought with a guy in here. aint in here for nothing, you know? ive been in quite a 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 pri...

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...