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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 -- >> 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 guys cant even comprehend how i feel. you know what i m...

And few extractions in the state of colorado have provided more drama than the ones involving this man, roy slagle. we first met roy in the original "lockup" episode at colorado state penitentiary in 2000. at the time he had been through five gruelling cell extractions. >> 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 incar...

Just days after seeing his daughter for the first time in eight years, ray slagle received horrible family news. his twin brother, roy, is back in prison. >> i talked with my mom and my mom told me that roy, he went to the parole office drunk. and ill be honest with you, that kind of made me mad. like why are you slapping it in their face? if youre going to do it, okay, sneak around until you get caught. but, i mean, you could have done that any old time. not the night before you go see your par...

>> 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, ...

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 last straw. he said he didnt want to play anymore. >> if you dont cuff up were going to >> he said it was due ...

>> last time? >> i dont know. >> now that hes out, i think hes going to mellow out. if he dont, hell come back for life. like you said, this is no way to live. this sucks. >> it does suck. i dont want to see you come back either. >> no, im not. >> 17 weeks, i dont want to see your face. >> youll never see me again, maybe at the mall or something. ill be doing my thing. but, nah, i aint never coming back. it was always because i was always drinking and raising hell. im done with that. aint no wor...

Dealing with my p.o. or people 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...

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.

I wrote her back, no, im not a white supremacist, sweetheart. im proud of who i am, but im 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...

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 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 spr...