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Our first slagle encounter was in 2000 when we met roy in state colorado penitentiary, and he made a big impression. at the time, roy was serving a 12-year sentence for robbery and had a notorious reputation for forcing the prison to perform cell extractions on him because of his frequent refusals to obey orders. nine years later, during our shoot at the lyman correctional facility in eastern colorado, we met an inmate named ray slagle who wasted no time reminded us of his cell mate. >> come here, look at this. this is my twin brother right here. you already did a clip on him on msnbc. he was ...

Our first slagle encounter was in 2000 when we met roy in colorado state penitentiary, and he made a big impression. at the time roy was serving a 12-year sentence for robbery and had a notorious reputation for forcing the prison to perform cell extractions on him because of his frequent refusals to obey orders. nine years later during our shoot at the lyman correctional facility in eastern colorado, we met an inmate named ray slagle of who wasted no time reminding us of his sibling. >> come here, look at this. this is my twin brother right here. you already did a clip on him on msnbc. he was ...

It kind of hinders life. on top of it, you've got bills that you can't pay and you can't hardly work. it makes you think, man, i don't even feel like a man. and i do feel like i'm drowning. just barely, barely above water. i'm getting tired. i feel like i'm going under. i keep pulling myself up and keep feeling myself to go down. i don't know how long it's going to last. i really don't. before that have gush of water goes in my mouth and sucks me down and i finally go down. and then i can relax. the pain is over, buddy. coming up -- >> my brother. >> roy and ray slagle together on the outsid...

>> i was bringing home about $840 a week. i was doing good, you know, no doubt about that. >> what are you doing now? what are you bringing in now? >> $200 a month. >> after only a few months out of prison, one wrong step would dramatically change ray slagle's life on the outside. >> i was showing a guy how to dry a skylight. i was making sure he dried it in right. went to the edge of the roof and started arguing with her and ended up falling off. >> ray fell 25 feet to the hard ground below. >> turned out i had a broken back. i was in icu for nine days. it was hard to find a surgeon to do the...

I was in so much pain i couldn't take it no more. it kind of hinders life. on top of it, you've got bills that you can't pay and you can't hardly work. it makes you think, man, i don't even feel like a man. and i do feel like i'm drowning. just barely, barely above water. i'm getting tired. i feel like i'm going under. i keep pulling myself up and keep feeling myself to go down. i don't know how long it's going to last. i really don't. before that have gush of water goes in my mouth and sucks me down and i finally go down. and then i can relax. the pain is over, buddy. coming up -- >> my bro...