. >> cory and melissa's brother, william allen, is also serving time at the house of correction.s been sentenced for a year and a half for assault and battery. >> my sister said to me one day, it must be a family curse. it must be. i mean, hard time has fallen on us all. well, i had a white band and yellow band. these are symbolic to my family, 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. even if you're doing bad or doing good, he put his family first. >> they're the first thing on my mind when i wake up, and the last thing on my mind when i go to sleep at night. nobody failed. we just found 10,000 ways that didn't work. basically, that's all it is. it's just we're destined for greatness, but something is stopping us from reaching who we are. maybe we're here for a reason and we haven't missed our blessing. we haven't. >> all three allen siblings have battled drug and alcohol abuse. but the pain of addiction has been a source of inspiration for william, who w

understand his charges and stand trial, a life long battle with mental illness is a reality for cory allen. he is serving a two and a half year sentence at the house of correction 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, possession of firearm, assault and battery, intimidating witness, aggravated assault. that's it. >> [ bleep ] get slapped up. trade from the bloody. [ bleep ] all ferocious. >> i couldn't let something go from from the past. i had to get revenge. it happened to be on my birthday that i allegely picked up this case. got out the car, seen someone, started shooting at each other. it escalated back and forth. followed the person to they 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 adult life. >> every time i got out for a short period of time, six months here, two months here. i was out for 30 days before i picked up my next. i had what i thought was