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But some inmates find more creative ways to raise their standard of living. they hustle. >> i just got these this past week. these sausages, man. they're so [ bleep ] good. look at them. >> at limon, ray slagle is king of the hustle. >> this is stuff that i want. [ bleep ] stuff that i want is different from any [ bleep ] that i need. you know, the money that my people send me, i use that on stuff i need and phone calls. the stuff that i want i hustle. you know, and that's where these come in. tokens. >> tokens are purchased from the canteen, a place where inmates can buy snacks and toiletries...

>> roy slagle is one of the more well-known characters from "lockup." best known for the amount of cell extractions he's had in prison, and these are very dramatic cell extractions. so much so that they're in the opening title sequence of "lockup." we found out that roy had been released from prison and he was only a couple hours away living with his parents, and roy and ray are very close. so we decided we would go out and visit with roy and talk to him about his brother and about how it is being out of prison. >> roy, who had served his time at a different prison than ray, had been out for f...

When we met ray at the limon correctional facility he was nearing the end of a 15-year sentence for assault. while he had trouble living on the streets, few inmates we met lived so well inside prison. like your own little 7-eleven down there. >> yeah, it is. >> what is that? >> this is stuff i won. >> in a world of hustlers, ray slagle was king. >> the stuff i want i hustle. >> he kept himself well fed by mastering the art of hustling tokens, things inmates use to purchase soda and ice cream from vending machines. >> he had perfected the hustle persona. every time we saw him he was working som...

At the limon correctional facility in colorado, ray slagle became a successful hustler because of his ability to deal with other inmates. >> all right, guys. >> but as a father of a teenager, he wasn't quite as confident of his skills. his daughter raven was 16 years old with a newborn of her own. she and ray had not seen each other in almost ten years, but with his release date only a month away, they arranged for a visit. >> i was really nervous about the visit because ray was so nervous. when we showed up to film the visit, we started with ray, and he was a wreck. he hadn't slept. he was fi...

Change. >> so what are you anticipating with you and your brother when ray gets out? >> sitting down and going for a nice little walk with him. being able to look at him eyeball to eyeball and talk to him, you know. he's got a little girl. he's a grandpa now. i don't have no kids. but he does. i'd like to see him be able to be a good father to his daughter and a good grandpa. that would be nice. i'll get choked up as soon as i see him, no doubt. >> are you going to make it this time staying out? >> yeah, i believe i'm going to make it, no doubt. >> coming up, ray slagle approaches his release ...