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>> a razor. >> mm-hmm. or have it in my mouth. >> melissa is currently in jail on an aggravated assault charge, to which she has pled not guilty, on grounds of self-defense. the alleged victim was a male friend. we warn you, the details of the alleged crime are disturbing. >> i gave him $100 to go upstairs to get something, to get a package. a package meaning crack, get a whole bunch of crack. he finally came downstairs and i was like where's my [ bleep ]? what took you so long? he's like [ bleep ] you. [ bleep ] you? i said [ bleep ] me? really? and he went to my bra to take the rest of my money and so i squeezed him, and i was like get off me. he pushed me. he punched me. so he's real big, so i jumped on his ass. he didn't have no underwears on, he had these red shorts on and he's got big balls. so i took my knife out and just cut it.
i can't do this. i have nieces and nephews that i hardly don't see. god as my witness, they let me out of here, hu-huh, i'm not coming back. i'm not. >> melissa hopes that the judge in her aggravated assault case will soon send her to drug rehab rather than prison. >> yo, whassup, baby? all the time east side, bull horns, that's how we do it up here. >> a few floors below, her younger brother corey was just offered the opportunity to leave jail on parole. he turned it down in no uncertain terms, and will now be in jail for six more months. >> i ripped my parole papers up. i don't need them. i like it here. i want to do all my time. the time they gave me, i don't
tender for melissa. her addiction to drugs has made her no stranger to the suffolk county jail. >> i've been doing crack since -- since, i would say, i was like 24. since i was 24. i'm 37 now. it's been a long time. all this right here is where i used do my dirty work. like, walk the street, sell drugs, do all that. a couple streets down, that's where i live. and they put me in a room, i can see everything i did. >> melissa's life on the street, which she admits involved prostitution and drug use, often put her in danger. >> if i don't have a knife, i have a razor. somewhere on me. i tie it in my hair. i can just pull it out.
we've got to be able and 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. 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 history is in the past and this is what i'm doing to become a more positive person and this is the direction i need to head in, okay? >> okay. thank you for your time. >> all right. thank you. >> two floors above, william's sister melissa allen is about to go to court on charges of aggravated assault. she's written the judge a letter asking to go to a drug rehabilitation program rather than prison.
out here. a lot of people that meets my family loves my family, you know what i'm saying? 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. >> corey and melissa's brother, william allen, is also serving time at the house of correction. he's been sentenced to 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
>> i said, dear your honor, i have been thinking a lot about how i can change my ways. number one way is to stop using violence as an answer to everything. because in the long run it's only hurting myself and my kids. another thing i would like to change is my use of drugs because drugs are getting me nowhere in life. your honor, jail is not helping me. so, your honor, please give me another chance to get into a program. thank you, and i won't disappoint you this time. coming up -- >> did you see me talking to the dude when i was beating the [ bleep ] out of him? i was doing the beating, jimmy was doing the talking. >> corey allen goes off his meds while his brother william -- >> now i have to go into survival mode. >> and his sister melissa faces major changes.
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.
it fell on the floor. >> what? >> his balls fell on the floor. and blood was all in my face, my eyes, my hair, my dress, everywhere on the floor. i never seen no blood gush like that in my life. i must have cut a vein or something. never, ever put your hands on me. it wasn't the money, because i can care less about the money, because the money comes easy to me. it was the point, how he just came at me and grabbed me and then punched me, like i'm a man. but he didn't really know that i can be a man. >> if convicted, melissa could face a sentence of three to five 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, melissa's contact with corey has been
>> you add 6 to 18 and it gives you the next answer. >> it's great. i'm not embarrassed when she helps me. i sit there and listen to her because i know shy 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. so something that she struggles with, that's easy for me, if i can help her with it, it's not going to hurt me to sit down for ten minutes and write out the multiplication tables. all i have here is time. why not use it for something constructive? 30, 40, 50 -- >> yes, okay. >> melissa sees learning math as a step toward getting her life back on track after years of drug addiction and prostitution. >> monday through sunday, nonstop, every day. there's not a day that passed, every day. i did crazy -- i looked like a damned fool. i could see myself out there. i looked like a damned fool, running around thinking i'm like [ bleep ]. probably smelled like one, i don't know. 37 years old. i can't do this no more. i don't want my brothers to be here. we better than that. we're the allens. we're better than that, you know? i feel like they following me, you know, because i'm the oldest.
i can't do this. i have nieces and nephews that i hardly don't see. god as my witness, they let me out of here, hu-huh, i'm not coming back. i'm not. >> melissa hopes that the judge in her aggravated assault case will soon send her to drug rehab rather than prison. >> yo, whassup, baby? all the time east side, bull horns, that's how we do it up here. >> a few floors below, her younger brother corey was just offered the opportunity to leave jail on parole. he turned it down in no uncertain terms, and will now be in jail for six more months. >> i ripped my parole papers up. i don't need them. i like it here. i want to do all my time. the time they gave me, i don't want nothing for free. you know what i'm saying? i can do it. now that's gangsta. you know what i'm saying?