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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 date. >> i have no doubt in my mind. i'm going to do it. [ bleep ]. this is dead. >> but his final hours are consumed by doubt. >> i'm practical...

>> and then i was worried for him because i was hoping everything was going to go well, and he had so much at stake. >> so should we wait for you to get ready. >> should i get ready now? are they here? >> very soon. >> okay, okay. >> a short time later raven arrived along with another of ray's brothers and his sister-in-law. >> yeah, yeah. >> you have a visit. >> all right, all right. thanks. yeah, yeah, i'll hurry. it's been a long time since i even had a hug, any kind of contact from anybody. i still got this big heart. always have and always will, you know what i mean. my i.d. okay. people ...

I'm telling you, it was sick. i had so many tokens i couldn't hardly get rid of them but it was nice. even deep fried chicken tacos, dudes yelling, slagle, you going to eat all those sandwiches, me, too, hey what about those? i'd be going to the door sliding them underneath the door. they'd be throwing me their tokens. it was cool. >> his openness about his various hustles made him an intriguing character for us to follow, but we would soon discover another fact about ray that made his story even more interesting. he had a twin brother named roy who had not only been in prison, but had appeare...

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, coin slugs 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 some deal with other offend...

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...