an inmate with an imaginary friend proves to be a challenge for the jail. >> i was doing the beating and jimmy was doing the talking. >> narrator: and a shocking act lands his sister in the jail, as well. >> blood was all down my face, my eyes, my hands, my dress. i've never seen no blood gush like that in all of my life. >> narrator: while boston massachusetts maintains its colonial past, it's also ranked as the world's leading area for education. in the downtown, it's a reminder that not every one of its

residents is on the right track. >> there are, especially at the county level, a very significant proportion of people who simply can't get out of their way. they commit crimes and hurt people in the process. but their lives can be difference and there can be a change made. >> the sulfolk county jail is often the first stop. male inmates who are awaiting trial and have yet to make bail are detained at the facility where the daily population averages about 700. if they've been convicted of a crime and they're sentenced to less than 2 1/2 years, most will be transferred. while the charges vary, nearly all of them will need to confront the truth of their past if they hope to avoid coming back. >> there may be a history of abuse and neglect, a lack of education, a lack of job

history, substance abusz, you name it. >> but there's another issue that's bringing more people to jail. not only in boston, but nationwide. >> the percentages on mental illness are off the charts. it's much harder once people begin to get older to tackle those deficits that are growing and growing and growing over a period of time. >> though he was deemed competent enough to overcome his illness and stand trial, he is serving a 2 1/2 year sentence for an array of crimes. because he is now on medication, jail officials confirmed he was stable enough to consent to an interview. >> i'm here for armed robbery, pr propossessi possession of firearm, intimidating a witness, aggravated assault. that's it. ♪ straight from the bloody bit,

you know what i mean ♪ ♪ she's got guns down in toke kwn ♪ >> i couldn't let something go from the past. it just happen today be on my birthday that i allegedly picked up this kasz, ycase, you know w saying? the guy with the car seen someone, you know, started shooting at each other. and escalated back and fort, you know what i'm saying. followed the person to their house and that's when the assault and battery and the armed robbery transpired at. >> corey's lengthy criminal record has kept him in jail for most of his life. >> i was out for 30 days before i picked up my enext stay. i had what i thought was a straight job. >> driblting to the community. selling marijuana to the community. >> narrator: corey's idea of a

straight job isn't the only as pe pekt of his life. >> jimmy is like a dog. just a brielgts dog. a bright dog. he don't have a whole body, he's just got a head. he used to bark, like that, he used to bark. i didn't know where the bark was coming from. so one day, i sat there and he talked. so i started talking to him, too. you know what i'm saying? he's my friend. you know? >> corey says he has leaned on jimmy since childhood. the relationship is managed to bringing comfort while also putting him in precarious situations. >> jimmy comes out when i'm aggravated or if i get into a debate or someone be like, oh, step the [bleep] in the cell or something like that. jimmy will be like, well, tell him [bleep]. i get in the mirror and i tell him, that was fed up. you know what i'm saying? he said the guy disrespected

you. and we just keep going through it. and then at the end of the day, i still love jimmy. jimmy has been with me all of my life. i'm used to him. i want him, you know what i'm saying? there's plenty of times when i've been lonely, hide gd in the closet of foster homes, he's the one that i talk to. we've made bad decisions together. >> narrator: the jail caseworker who asks we not use her name says c orksz orey's situation i unique. >> they've heard voices of their family members in the past or enemies in the past that have heard different, various types of things. woe never challenge their hallucinations. we always listen to them and then we try to make appropriate referrals. so if we feel like they need to see psychiatry, we'll make sure that happens. they need to be medicated? we'll encourage them to consider medication and, if possible, have them see psychiatry and prescribed.

>> narrator: in order to keep corey's behavior under control, he is prescribed med kax by the ja jail's medical staff. >> i have to get medication right now. this is going to keep me nice, you know what i'm saying? >> right now, i'm on five psych pills. this morning, i took three. tonight, i'll take six, you whoa what i'm saying? >> this is your trilipta. >> narrator: corey represents the type of inmate that provides a daunting challenge for prisons nationwide. they show certain symptoms of mental illness but are incarcerated by the courts rather than hospitalized. >> mr. allen is in the general population yunt. should someone be deemed incompetent, you wouldn't be housed in a house of skrex. they would be at bridge dennis told me he needed waller. . >> though he ease been ruled

competent, corey has problems. >> when he gets ramped up, he's uncontrollable to bring down. there are issues. sometimes he's in much more need of mental health to be seen with them and to get back down to a calming state. >> you, you done roughubbed allr that [bleep] head. >> it's like 245? >> it's like that. >> narrator: sharing a cell with angel, a friend from the streets, has made time go by a little easier for everyone. >> known each other for 7, 8 years. he's a riot. he's a riot. in here laughing all nielgt, giggling. it's like being on the street, almost. makes your time go a little easier. barking, it gets me nuts. new year's eve was crazy up here. i was trying to figure out who was barking, it was him the whole time. that barking got me going crazy. find out it was him.

it was you? i moved in here. >> do you know why he barks? >> he's got issues. he's got some serious issues. [ laughter [ laughter ] >> narrator: coming up. >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's out here. >> coming up,corey allen's sister joins him in jail after a horrifying attack. >> i just cut him and he fell on the floor. ♪ goodbye [ flushing ] ♪ [ both ] ♪ na, na... [ woman ] ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye [ male announcer ] with kohler's powerful, high-efficiency toilets. flush. and done. [ all ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup.

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>> narrator: for many bostonians, family traditions are not always positive. when a life is full of crime for many generations, many end up together in a sulfolk county jail. >> there was a study and it bassically stated that all of the crime in boston was attributed to 300 families. i see family members, whether

they're cousins, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, boston is a small city. and it's tough. >> there's no other family like my family. we're all crazy. we've all got ups and downs. we love each other. we have my mother, my father, my sister, which is here now. my father just left here. >> corey's sister, melissa allen, who he calls lisa, is just a few floors above him where female inmates are detained while they await trial on their chaurjs. >> always tried to get her to play football with me. but she wanted me to play hoolahoop. but she took care of me a lot. she made sure we eat when we didn't have food, you know what i'm saying. and i just love my sister. >> while corey has tender words for his sister, life on the

streets has been anything but tender for melissa. her addiction to drugs has made her no stranger to the sulfolk county jail. >> i've been doing drugs since i was 24. i'm 37 now. so it's been a long time. >> all of this is the dirty work. i walked the street, sell drugs, do all of that. a couple streets down, that's where i live. and they put me in a room i can see everything i did. >> narrator: melissa's life on the street, which she admits include prostitution and drug

use, often put her in danger. >> if i don't have a knife, i have a razor somewhere on me. i can put it in my hair and i can just pull it out. or i have it in my mouth. >> melissa is currently in jail to an aggravated assault charge to which she has pled not guilty on grounds of self defense. the alleged victim is a male friend. and we warn you, the details of the alleged crime are disturbing. >> i gave him a hundred dollars to go upstairs to get something, a package. a package meaning crack. get a whole bunch of crack. he finally came downstairs and i'm like [bleep] what took you so long. he's like [bleep]. i said oh, really? and he went to go to my bra to take the rest of my money. and i squeezed his hand. i said get out. he pushed me. he punched me. so hef's real big. so i jumped on him. and he didn't have no underwears on. and he had these red shorts on.

and he got big balls. so i took my knife out and i just cut it. and it fell on the floor. his balls fell on the floor. blood was all in my hair, my eyes, everywhere. i never saw blood gush like that in my life. i must have cut a vein or something. i said never, ever put your hands on me. it wasn't the money. i could care less about the money. the money comes easy to me. it was the point he came at me and grabbed me and then punched me like i'm a man. but he didn't really know i can be a man. >> if convicted, melissa could face a sentence of 3-5 years. but she hopes the judge will view the assault as self defense and give her a chance at drug rehabilitation rather than prison.

while she is here, me lisz sa's contact with corey has been limited to cards and letters. they are prohibited correspondence in the jail. >> he's got something wrong with him. everybody ant perfect. everybody's got their moments and stuff. i don't know, i don't care what he do, what he does, i don't care. that's my baby brother and i love him. i'm always there for him. >> remember i said i was going to write her yesterday? i started, i was going to write her today, and then i was like no, busy day and then i received her letter. so it's just, like, if it makes me feel happy, it makes me feel sad. even though she forgot the k"e" in my name, it's all right. i'm corey, you know? >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's

out there. a lot of people that meets my family, loves my family. there's something good about us, you know. >> if i get out, i will send some pictures and money orders. be good. stay out the hole. i'm going to cry, i can't keep reading this. i miss her so much. >> narrator: corey and melissa's brother is also serving time at the house of corrections. he's serving time for a year and a half for assault and battery. >> my sister said it must be a family curse. it must be. i mean, hard times falling on us all. >> well, i had a white band and a yellow band. these are the symbolic to my family and my sister and my brother, corey and lisa.

i wear them to keep them close to my heart and let them know that i'm thinking about them every day. >> he loves his family, you know what i'm saying? even if you're doing bad or doing good, or he's doing bad or doing good, he puts his family first. >> they're the first thing on my mind in the morning and the last thing when i go to sleep. nobody failed. we just found 10,000 ways that didn't work. we're destined for greatness, but something stops us. maybe something is stopping us for a reason. >> all three allen siblings have battled alcohol and drug abuse. there's been a sort of inspiration. >> my name is addiction. where ever you go, sir, i will surely follow. hold up, i was going to take a sip from that bottle, but be warned, it's the hardest thing to swallow. we begin to talk, drink and

walk, oh, snap, here comes the cops. two-for-ones can never be caught. we become the best of friends and the thick started to become thin. my smile went to a frown and the last time he did, i ended up doing a bit. you was cunning and controlling and now my life has been stolen. now i fall on bended kneeings. how can this be? it was you who left me. it's not worth it. that's all i've got to say about that. >> narrator: coming up -- >> i thought i was the leader of the gang. i had bigger guys to bring the tools in because the tools open the fault. it's pretty heavy. even money is heavy, if you have duffel bags full of it. e in thed of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu.

>> narrator: the vast majority of sulfolk county inmates are between 17 and 25 years odd. so at 65, anthony pepe is an anomaly. >> the system does not discriminate from young or old

or middle-aged or senior citizens. if you do something bad in boston, you're coming to here or maybe you're going to the state prison. >> he's an old-timer. he's a hardened criminal. been in and out of institutions his whole life. he's one of those guys, he doesn't really bother anybody. he does his time. he knows how to do time. >> pepe is currently serving a two-year sentence for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. >> i call him the don because the way he walks around. he walks around like he owns the unit or thinks he owns the unit. >> part of pep's swagger is games of strategy. in jail, the stakes can be for canteen, phone calls or something more creative.

for william allen, losing means sweating. >> you're doing 77 push ups so far. what would you like to play for? >> another 20. >> 20 more? okay, your first move. >> we play for push ups on demand. i could call for these push ups at any time of the day or night. no matter where he is on this unit, or if we're in the yard or in the gym, he has to stop what he's doing and give me the push ups. that move, you just lost the game. >>master checker player. out of all of the people in there, he said i'm going to show you the secreter to checkers. he said don't tell nobody. not even my son knows this. now you know. still, yet, i'm doing hundreds of push ups on the floor. >> and you lost again. >> how much was that? >> it was 77 so now it's 97.

i'll take five right now. >> narrator: allen and pepe have shared more in common than checkers. both have battled addictions to drugs and alcohol and for pepe, it's been a very long battle. >> my drug of choice is speedballs, which is half cocaine and half heroin injected sigh mull tan youszly. it's a very dangerous high, but i feel it was the best high in the world. >> narrator: but pepe is much more than a run-of-the-mill drug addict. >> i've been a burglarer basically all of my life. banks are my favorite place because they have money. if you want to steal a car, you go to a car lot. if you want to steal some groceries, go to a super market. if you want money, the best place, for me, is a bank. >> pepe has been robbing banks

since the 1960s. his heists were something out of a movie. >> i started as the leader of a gang. i had bigger guys to bring the tools in. because the tools to open a vault are pretty heavy. even money is heavy if you have duffel bags full of it. you know? we had somebody case it, had a couple of guys to do the real heavy construction work -- or "destruction" work, you know. the alarm spisecialist was the alarm specialist. once the alarm was shut off, we owned the bank. that's how i felt. and everybody with us. we used to take food in there, you know? we're hungry, we've got a whole bunch of sandwiches, you know, get something to drink and cigarettes and, you know, just like a job. >> narrator: but, in jail, pepe's job cleaning the tvs and microwaves pays just a dollar a day. >> i try to, you know, have a

little american pride in these microwaves and do a great job doing them because people do eat out of 24e78. and i wouldn't want anybody to be sick. i thought i was ahead of all of the people that work for a living. now i realize i miss my life because i've been incarcerated so long. and i think the guy with the lunch bag under his hand going to work is very far ahead of me having a nice family, friends and honest living. >> narrator: but pepe has had enough time on the outside to start a family and looks forward to seeing them when he is released in two more months. >> i have a son that will be 50 years old this september coming up. my youngest, my youngest one is 16 months, i have a set of twins from a girlfriend. this time, i have the opportunity of going home and raising a few more children while i'm there.

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discretion is advised. >> narrator: doing time in boston sulfolk jail, it's ivy league university. but once a week, those two worlds intersect and when students from harvard university and boston college come to the jail to help inmates earn their geds. >> for them to come in and do it to us, that's little conconvicti should say, that's a good thing. >> looking out for us, i'm saying that there is a world out there and there's help out there. people will help you. >> girard has been teamed with alexander, a harvard sophomore. >> so it's just one of those things where you can do the answers just to be sure, just because, like, we all make mistakes and do it in our head.

check it out. take an extra five seconds. it's totally worth it because each answer matters so much for that final score. people have this wall about how they think a prisoner is and what this whole community is like. it's just not true. if you work with someone consistently for a while, you really get to know them. i think that's one of the more interesting parts of being here. >> i'm going to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on the payroll. >> smart? >> i'm going to harvard. so he's actually smart. >> so what is that? >> people can let their defenses down in the classroom. they can admit i can't read, i can't do that. you have to protect those kinds of things. you don't want to feel vulnerable in the classroom. >> narrator: deputies remain outside the room but keep watch on what's happening inside. >> i decided to do this program because i want to be able to

learn a little more so when i do get out i can taste my son a little more than what i did learn in school, so i'll be able to help him when he gets older. i'll tell him, you know, daddy did have a couple downfalls but i bettered myself. >> 180? >> yeah, awesome. so let's make sure that all triangles have 180. how many are in a right triangle? 90. >> i'm trying to get my g.e.d. hopefully go to any college. maybe harvard, b.c., do something better. streets is not where it's at, you know. >> it's almost the same. >> yeah, that's a pretty good definition. >> the tutoring program isn't large enough to accommodate everyone in the jail. so melissa has turned to megan dooley. >> i'm not embarrassed when she helps me. i can sit there and listen to her because i know she ain't

judging me and stuff. >> i treat people how i want them to treat me. math is one of my better skills. it comes easy to me. it's something that she stru struggles with, if i can help her, it's not going to hurt me. i sit down for ten minutes and write out the multiplication tables. all i have here is time. why not use it for something con struktsive. >> 30, 40, 50, 6 o. . >> yes, easy. >> narrator: melissa sees it as a step of getting back on track. >> mondays to sundays, nonstop, every day. there's not a day that passed every day. i did crazy. i looked like a damn fool. i could see myself now out there. i looked like a damn fool running around thinking i'm [blee [bleep]. >> 37 years old, i can't do this no more.

i don't want my brothers to be here. we're better than that. we're the allens. we're better than that, you know? i feel like they're following me, you know? i'm the oldest. i can't do this. i've got nieces and nephews i hardly don't see. guys, they love me out here. i'm definitely not coming back. i'm not. >> narrator: melissa hopes that the judge in her aggravated assault case will soon send her to drug rehab rather than prison. >> yo, what's up, baby? all the time, east side. bull horns, that's how we do it up here. >> a few floors below, her younger brother was just offered the opportunity to leave jail. he turned it down and will now

be in jail for six more months. >> i ripped my parol papers up. i like it here. i want to do all of my time. the time they gave me? i don't want nothing for free, you know what i'm saying? i can do it. that's gangster. you know what i'm saying? that's gangster. >> many inmates choose not to take parol because they truly know that they cannot make it going back to their communities underneath the standards and guidelines that parole gives them. inmates would rather wrap up their sentence here, walk out the door knowing that they don't have somebody else watching over them. >> i could pick up a charge. you've got to do that. you let me go, whatever happens is whatever happens. you moe what i'm saying? it's my choice. i'd rather just wrap it up. >> there's also a significant benefit to corey remaining in jail. they received psychiatric treatment for mental illness. his condition has stabilized considerably, though he still maintains a near life-long

relationship with his imaginary companion. jaim jimmy takes the form of a pit bull head. >> jimmy is always around. jimmy, jimmy. yeah, me and jimmy had some interaction the last few weeks. but some of it has been good. some of it has been bad. but, they put me on a new med. but i told them if i feel and jimmy feels that it's making me slow in any shape or form, i'm going to get off the medication because i don't like to be down. i like to be up. >> corey's decision to go off his medication not only affects him but his new cell mate, jonathan elliot who must cope with corey and jimmy. >> did you brush your teeth today? >> no. >> that's crazy. that's [bleep] crazy. >> he's all right. hard to live with. he just has two personalities.

it's kind of tough living in a cell to see three bunks -- there's only two in here right now. but when there's three people and it gets really crowded and you've got four personalities in the world, it's not the easiest to work with. >> like you're perfect? >> i'm not saying i'm perfect. but other people feel the same way. >> that's crazy. >> but i don't mind him at all. he's probably one of the best cellies i've had since i've been here. >> and what do you think? >> i love johnny. even though he don't know how to keep his food in his mouth, he spits it all over me, noodles everywhere, you know. we play chess together, looks out. i had no canteen, he looked out for me. i have coffee, i looked out for him. we just get along. >> i don't want to do it. i'm, like, hey, i don't want anybody down here, you know? it's just, he's really -- a real hyper kid.

>> coming up, one of the jail's oldest inmates is sanctioned for fighting and william allen must confront a violent past. >> you've got to be able to explain your criminal history to the person in classification. that's the only way that this is going to work for you. [ male announcer ] if it wasn't for a little thing called the computer,

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>> there's nothing better than getting out of jail. it's like such a awesome feeling, you know. i can't describe it because, you know, you would have to be in prison to know what it is to be free again. you say, wow, a ton of bricks is off my shoulder, you know. >> narrator: but pepe has just been told that he will not be earning 15 days of good time. he's been sanctioned for fighting. >> inmate pepe was down in a med medium-security housing unit. as the officer approached, he looked into his cell and he found that inmate pepe was breathing heavily and bended down and he noticed that the other inmate was doing the same and had some scratch marks on him. so they were able to write him up for fighting. he alleges he was just poking

another inmate with his cane and another inmate attacked him. >> he said i hit him. i did not hit this man. i'm 65 years old. my back hurts all of the time. i'm not rug ds anymore. you know, i don't want to fight no more. i just want to enjoy the rest of my life. i was a lover, not a fighter. >> narrator: because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell, where there's no security camera kcoverage, jail official cannot determine who started it. so both pepe and the other inmat have been sent to segregation. a 23-hour lockdown period for a period of five weeks. >> not allowed to play anything. cards, checkers, anything. isolation is not a nice place to be. they let you out for shower and recreation a few times a week and that's it. otherwise, everything comes right to the cell. your meals are delivered here, your caseworkers come by.

everything is here. it's pretty dull. >> narrator: pepe's time in segregation might be even more stressful. he and the mother of his 16-month-old twins are having problems. >> me and my girlfriend, the babies' mother, we're not getting along right now. so, you know, whatever she decides, she decides and i'll walk away from her. i would like to grow them up and everything, but if it's not meant to be with her, it's not meant to be with her. >> narrator: but pepe still has some hope for the future. >> i have had quite a life. really quite a life. i want to enjoy whatever life i have left. and i hope to return back to society and never do anymore crime and just be at peace with the world. ♪ you found ways that didn't

work ♪ ♪ it doesn't mean that you failed ♪ ♪ you made a living the best way you know how ♪ ♪ but it was just a little more than the judge and the law could allow ♪ ♪ i couldn't understand your despair. . >> narrator: pepe's friend, william allen, has another six months to serve on a year and a half sentence for assault and battery and aggravated assault. his work detail helps him earn time off his sentence. >> i have the pleasure of serving on two details. i do the segregation unit, which is the hole, and i do the towel detail which is collecting uniforms and mop. >> allen had recently applied for early release to a half way house but was denied. jail officials are not convinced he has sufficiently come to terms with the violent charges

that brought him to jail. >> there are still some conditions he needs to address and be accountable for. >> narrator: allen has asked to speak to his caseworker for advice and how to make the classification reconsider. >> you know mr. tra visz, the last time around, all the questions he asked you. are you an add ikt? and have you addressed your violent behavior? skb >> i'm trying to take up meditation. i've been spiritually active. as far as alcohol, i'm still on the 12 steps daily. >> if i'm mr. travis, that's not an answer to me. basically, what that gives me is ten pounds of bull crap in a five-pound bag. >> well, it's report-free. so that's how it works. >> you need to address mr. travis with facts. not, like, you know, i'm going to or i want to go to or i need to go to. you need to give him facts that says this is kwha i've done. to make myself a more productive person and to address what

potentially are long-term problems for me. you know? you have a violent criminal history. we've got to be able -- you've got to be able to explain your criminal history to the person in classification. and that's the only way that this is going to work for you. okay? so if i'm you right now -- >> yeah -- >> i'm thinking about what can i do to present myself to classification and show them that my criminal hisz ri is in the past. this is what i'm doing. blaeng blank. >> okay? >> all right. thank you for your time. >> all right, thank you. >> narrator: two floors above, william's sister, melissa allen is about to go to court on charnls of aggravated assault. she's written a letter asking to go to a drug rehabilitation program rather than prison. >> i said dear, your honor, i've

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>> narrator: while the goal of most inmates is to find a way back to the streets. >> he was recent ly released. >> but, twice. so, you know, i'll do what i've got to do. >> the tape is reviewed by captain michael colewell. >> the man here who removed his shirt, he approaches cory allen and delivers the first blow in what turns out to be a pretty significant altercation. ultimately inmate allen gets the upper hand here and delivers what you see here, a succession of blows to the head and, closed fist punches to the head and torso.

and that happens for several seconds as the responding officers begin to arrive. >> they asked me, where was the weapon? that's what they asked me. i said what weapon? they said we believe you used a weapon. i didn't use no weapon. y'all seen the whole thing. how did i use a weapon? they said it looked like i used a weapon. i didn't use no weapon. i just didn't play no games. >> even though corey didn't start the fight, he received two months in segregation because of past violations and having gone past defending himself and becoming the aggressor. since the move, he's refused his medication. >> i'm about to swerve on something, too. no. no i'm about to swerve on something, too. >> corey says his interactions with his imaginary companion

jimmy are increasing. >> i hear jimmy all the time. did you see me talking to the dude when i was beating the [ bleep ] out of him? when i was beating the [ bleep ] out of him. i was talking to him. i said i told you mother [ bleep ]. i was doing the beating. jimmy was doing the talking. anything i do, jimmy does, too, you know what i'm saying? that's what people fail to realize. i don't believe i'm taking medication for myself. i believe i'm taking it for jimmy. jimmy is a [ bleep ] right now. you know? >> corey's brother william has also had a setback. while working his job detail, he was caught entering another inmate's cell. >> yes, sir, there is. >> he has now lost his chance to an early release to a halfway house. >> when he entered the other inmates cell, it was 3:00 in the morning. in the particular housing unit that inmate allen was in, those doors are not secured. they are not locked due to the nature of what kind of housing unit that is. they are not supposed to be going into another inmate's cell at that point. at the time when he was in that

particular housing unit, he was on a detail that detail was the night detail, that's why he was awake at 3:00 in the morning. however, he chose to take advantage of the situation by entering someone else's cell at that time. inmate allen is typically not a disciplinary problem. >> i've been here almost a year and a couple months. and i haven't had one disciplinary action. this is my first one. so all they charged me with was being out of place. that's all the charges was. >> william will now have to serve out the remaining six months of his sentence in jail. >> now i have to go into survival mode. i mean, you regret your movements, your actions. you have to think about whether to bite your tongue or hold your tongue, this is a game of chess here. this is nothing but an art of war. this is all it is. >> while things have been tough for the allen brothers, their sister melissa has gotten some good news from the judge.

he has given her 60 days to find a drug rehabilitation facility that will accept her for an intensive six month treatment plan. >> i was going like this. my knees was knocking together. i had my cross. i was like please, please, please, please don't send me to jail. he said i'm going to do this last thing. go for 60 days and find a program. when you find that program, bring the paper back up. when they accept you, bring it back to him, and they will wave me and take me from there. i said all right. you can't get no better than that the things i did, you can't get no better than that. >> family, it's been so many years since we drifted apart it doesn't mean i don't love you. i was lost in the dark. i was trapped in a maze had to find my way. had to confront my fears keep me from going insane. yet the drugs and the lifestyle had a hold, it won't let go. it's telling me i need it, but it's killing me slow. yet in my heart i refuse to succumb, never again will it be second to none. i love you.

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. welcome to the jungle. >> an inmate makes himself at home in very familiar surroundings. >> i been in this jail more than 12 times. >> but that doesn't keep him off the jail's radar.