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This is nice, look at that mirror. i can see myself good. that is nice. >> ray soon discovers that roy left behind his food stash. >> all the guys back in prison, look at this. my brother gets out of prison and he finds a bunch of ramen soup. >> its like canteen. >> its like prison canteen, i swear. my god, roy, its crazy, dont you think? hes been eating them for 23 years. oh, man. thats crazy. man, i love you, roy, but come on, the ramen soups have got to go. to go from a cell to this, and you ...

Calls me neil and i call him killden. you just can call me dad and ill give you a pass when you get out. im gonna get you. were probably going in the backyard, but after that its all good. coming up, ray slagle sees his brothers epic battles for the first time. and -- >> this loaf is used for inmates who abuse food or food service equipment. >> the making of prison meal loaf. with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the other guys flake is more processed. mm...

>> 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 ...

Life threw too many curve balls at you. just keep god in your heart and things will get better. it will. maybe not the way you want, but better. im so glad i had you. youre very important in my life. its good to hear [ bleep ] like this. this remind me that people out there care. theyre still thinking about me. theyre still just keeping me in their heart. i dont know if this prisons gonna eat me alive. if im going to end up -- if this prisons gonna be the death of me. >> while hall faces many mo...

Cooking is my hobby. on the streets, i loved to cook, you know? i like to make people happy, you know, like, ill make something at work and ill go to the job site and give it to him, hey, bro, try this, you know? thats what i like to do. >> by purchasing food from the canteen and occasionally hustling vegetables or meat from kitchen workers, ray slagle gets to practice his hobby right in his cell. but the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions is when he and his twin brother, ...

When we met his family during a visit. >> as a kid, he loved animals. we would go to the lake all the time, catch tadpoles and frogs. that was my favorite part of my childhood was going to the lake and catching tadpoles and frogs with him. best memory. >> his sister was abused and he -- him being the older brother, definitely felt like he needed to protect her, you know, all the time. he was always like that, just really, really protective. and i think psychologically when stuff like that happen...

But the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions is when he and his twin brother, roy, were briefly in the same prison and were allowed to see each other for the first time in years. >> i hugged him and i couldnt hold back. i dropped a tear. hes like, now, come on, now, get a grip. i wiped it down. i said, i bet you didnt expect that. but, yeah, that was the last time i actually -- i hadnt hugged him in years. >> oh, man, he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and c...

>> i got some criminal tendencies, okay? you know what i mean. i robbed, i assaulted a guy in here. it aint like im in here for nothing, you know? >> 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...

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 show another side of jonathan hall. >> he loved ani...

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 reunion with rayven, slagle received horrible news. slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year from post-offi...