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Tchaikovsky, prokofiev, some of the greatest music ever written, and it just idly flows throu my head and i'm following along to the score as it's playing in my brain. [ humming ] i fantasize about it all the time. i am in constant modes of reverie and wish that i could bring back what my life used to be like. >> it may be awhile before dicillo reclaims any part of his old life. he will soon be sentence for forgery and expects to go to prison. >> i try not to think about going to prison just because i'm going to get to that when i come to it. i'm not exactly too fearful just yet. the morning i...

The judge said a lot of not so nice things. and it was not a pretty picture. he said that i'm really good at getting what i want and said i was a danger to society. pretty unexpected result. >> though he will soon board a bus for an ohio state prison, he also sees a bright side. >> prison is better than here. i can go to school and pursue a lot of different things and perhaps flourish a little more than i can here. i'm ready to close the door on this step and kind of continue on the next one, whatever that is. >> three days later, dicillo's future would arrive with an early morning wake-up, an...

I was a classical flutist had a full scholarship to northwestern and my life was made and it was for the taking and i was introduced to heroin and other drugs that i had never even dreamed of using. it completely destroyed my life. i mean, it's my fault. you know, i've given up everything. i've lost everything. nothing was taken from me. and this is what i look forward to every week. i get a card every week from my mom. the only person who writes me, the only person who visits me. i stack them on the floor wherever i'm at on the wall. as everybody comes in. they always smell good, too. she spr...

>> nick dicillo says jail has taken a weight off his shoulders, as well. it's helped him quit heroin. and has given him a new outlook on life. >> i'm not going to get high anymore when i leave jail. i can say that with conviction because i never felt this way any other time i've been incarcerated. even when i was in treatment. they ingrain it in your recovery program that, you know, if you keep using you're going to end up in one of three places, jails, institutions and death. i've been to jail, i've been to institutions and haven't died. and that's probably what's next. i finally understand t...

That if i do end up going to prison, you know, i'm going to be in prison with these people. so again, i try not to think about it. i'll cross that bridge when i come to it. but you know, it's just something you kind of have to, you know, deal with when it happens. >> i got three individuals here, i'm going to need to talk to. >> the jail's gang investigator big sam mcclaren, has been on the case, and knows the three inmates tied to dicillo's assault. >> we found out they were gang members through personal correspondence, witnesses. >> these two are the ones that everybody listens to. >> we use...