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Up. >> several years prior to becoming the warden at limon, travis was a lieutenant at colorado state and had been involve the in several of roys cell extractions. >> the last four cell extractions that was ever done on him when he got sprayed, i was the one that sprayed him. that was the last straw. he said he didnt want to play anymore. >> do you understand if you dont back up were going to administer oc. >> he said it was due to the chemical, the oc. he wasnt fighting anymore, because in my o...

In the parole department. its just hard for me to do it, it just really is. its hard. not that i dont want to be free. i want to be free. i dont want to go back to prison. but sometimes i have this impending doom on my back. >> sometimes prison ruins people, man. you know what i mean. it does. after that much time, and i understand that, so be it. but prison didnt ruin me. honestly. im not ruined at all. im ready to get out there and do whatever it takes to make it. and im gonna. i want to be a ...

On the streets, i love to cook. i like to make people happy. ill make something at work and ill go to the jobsite and give to him, hey, bro, try this. 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, roy, were briefly in the same prison and were allowed to see e...

And to have a lot of girls and women making comments about how i look and stuff like that, its nice. >> but roys parole serves as a constant reminder that a return to prison is just one mistake away. >> about five, six times a day, this beeper beeps off and i got to call. if this beeper goes off after my curfew and i dont call from this land line here at the house, i can get a felony case for escape. its very serious. very serious. this is my babysitter. this is a leash. >> what do you want to h...

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...

>> [ bleep ]. >> now that hes out, i think hes going to mellow out. if he dont, this is no way to live. this sucks. >> no, i dont want to see you in here. >> you wont see me, ill be doing my thing, but i aint never coming back, it was always because i was drink and raising hell. im done with that 679. >> ray is working toward his own free tomorrow. because roy is on parole, he is not allowed to visit ray in prison, but they do stay connected and take friendly jabs at each other through letters. ...

Slagles first phone call is to his daughter, rayven. she lives in another part of the state. but thats something slagle hopes to change. >> well, honey, i just want you to know one thing, this is very important to me that you know this, you always have a place with me. always, no matter what, you know what i mean? im out now and i love you very much. youre my daughter and emily is my grand daughter and i would love you guys to live with me. you want her to send a picture of me? all right. does t...

At you. just keep god in your heart and things will get better. they 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 more years in prison, ray slagle...

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, like hes dead. coming up -- on "lockup: ...

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 -- >> 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 romen soups have got to go. to go from a cell to this, and you guys cant even comprehend how i feel. im really, really happy. got my family h...