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>> oh, man, he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and choked up and he had me getting to choked up. i was like, come on, bro, pull yourself together. 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 goin...

What are you doing? what are you doing, rave? how are you doing? man, youre so beautiful. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> dont mention it, bro. >> man, you guys look good. >> oh, man. >> im nervous. >> you probably couldnt sleep last night. >> no, i couldnt. i didnt sleep at all. shes beautiful. my goodness, man. do i like old? >> no. >> yes, i do. >> youre a grandpa. >> i know, i know. i wanted to see emily too. >> thats your incentive.

>> 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 there and help him, you know what i mean? thats my first instinct is just to help him. thats the first time i seen a couple of those clips. to be honest with you, ...

Im afraid im not going to make it, you know what i mean? i see these guys coming in and out, in and out, in and out. and its time for you to get out and you start thinking, and even my own twin brother couldnt handle the pressure. its terrible. you write country songs about this kind of [ bleep ]. the things that hurt me the most are the things that i crave the most, women, booze, drugs. those cycle through my mind. you take care, bro. love you too, man, take care. what i got to do is carry arou...

Not better than nobody, you know? poor thing. made me feel bad. come on, sweetie, im not a hard man. im just not. you know? >> slagle hasnt seen his daughter in eight years. but after learning of his new release date, he was permitted to call her. >> what are you doing, rayven? >> hey. >> i just found out theyre going to let me out april 23rd. >> oh, i cant wait. >> are you going to come up here and see me? >> yeah. >> when was the last time i saw you, rayven? >> when i was 8. >> oh, i see. and ...

Its my real downfall. to be honest with you. i got a big heart and a lot of love for some of the guys. i got to pull back. like i told them before, i love you, but ive got to go. i got to succeed this time. ill die like them guys and i -- look at this. this is a castle to me, you guys. i love it. im so happy. >> and truthfully, roy should have been here with you. how do you feel knowing you had planned this? >> im disappointed. hes better than prison. hes really a good man. honestly, i love him ...

Days. im that tired to where i feel nauseous. im really, really nervous. im afraid im not going to make it, you know what i mean? i see these guys coming in and out, in and out, in and out. and its time for you to get out and you start thinking, and even my own twin brother couldnt handle the pressure. its terrible. you write country songs about this kind of [ bleep ]. the things that hurt me the most are the things that i crave the most, women, booze, drugs. those cycle through my mind. you tak...

Men. im 40 years old, so ill be honest with you, im a little flattered by it, because i aint no 20-year-old dude no more. im 40 years old, man. 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...

>> 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, travis tranney was a lieutenant at colorado state. and had been involved in several of roys cell extractions. >> the last four cell extractions that was ever done with him when he got sprayed, i was the one that sprayed. that was the la...

I hope it happens. and im looking forward to going to work and just living my life. i got to be cautious on who i associate with. its my real downfall. to be honest with you. i got a big heart and a lot of love for some of the guys. i got to pull back. like i told them before, i love you, but ive got to go. i got to succeed this time. ill die like them guys and i -- look at this. this is a castle to me, you guys. i love it. im so happy. >> and truthfully, roy should have been here with you. how ...