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>> $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 because he didn't know how. i was making sure -- it was my girlfriend's roof. 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 before they'd find three surgeons willing to even do the surgery because it was such a dramatic surgery, you kn...

Roy and ray slagle have seen their lives change several times, both in and out of prison. but one thing that has remained constant for both men is the bond they share as brothers. >> what was it like the first time you saw him after? >> man, i had to hold him down. i wanted to cry. i just held it in, you know? he's my brother. i ain't seen him forever. you know? >> if someone came and said one of you got to die, either you or you, i would go ahead and take the bullet. i would say, hey, man, no. i got this. >> i go to his house sometimes. he comes here sometimes. he has his life and i have my l...

Roy and ray slagle have seen their lives change several times, both in and out of prison.

Couldn't take it no more, you know? when you're in pain like i am, it hinders life. on top of it, you've got these bills you can't pay and you're not working no more. you can't hardly even work. you know what i mean? it makes you feel like, man, i don't even feel like a man. i'm above water, but i'm getting tired. and i do feel like i'm drowning. just barely, barely above water. i'm getting tired. you know, i feel like i'm going under. i keep pulling myself up, and i keep feeling myself 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...

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