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Sleep last night. >> and then i was worried for him because i was hoping everything was going to go well, and he had so much at stake. >> so should we wait for you to get ready. >> should i get ready now? are they here? >> very soon. >> okay, okay. >> a short time later raven arrived along with another of rays brothers and his sister-in-law. >> yeah, yeah. >> you have a visit. >> all right, all right. thanks. yeah, yeah, ill hurry. its been a long time since i even had a hug, any kind of contact...

Thats not counting the cheese and meat i cart out of there. im telling you, it was sick. i had so many tokens i couldnt hardly get rid of them but it was nice. even deep fried chicken tacos, dudes yelling, slagle, me, too, hey what about those? id be going to the door sliding them underneath the door. theyd be throwing me their tokens. it was cool. >> his openness about his various hustles made him an intriguing character for us to follow, but we would soon discover another fact about ray that m...

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 we met him. >> i got some crimin...

>> 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 standing around the locker room at the end of a really...

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...

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 come to the door and cuff up. you un...

Because it made me who i am today, and i wouldnt change it. >> youre not mad at me? >> im mad, i am, but its done with. i cant hold resentment. like, i dont know. >> really? man. >> with our time at limon nearing its end and slagles release date growing nearer, we anticipated following him home for a reunion not only with raven and his granddaughter but with his twin brother, roy, who had only recently been released from prison himself. but that would never happen. >> we were towards the end of ...

>> 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. hes placed on a gurney so that the team can move him into a holding cell. following a strip search, a defeated slagle will be left in the holding cell until

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

Inmates violate rules. 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 r...