and all of a sudden, bam, you re back in jail. you know, like i hurt my mama again, you know. the trespassing charges were quickly dropped. but because jones was on parole at the time of his arrest, he would have to be detained in jail until the parole commission completed its own investigation. we joined him on the morning of his hearing. on the day that he was going to his hearing, he was very nervous, and rightfully so, because he was going to find out whether he was going to go back to prison for a few years or go back on the street. i tried talking to him a little bit. he barely said a word. he was just focused on what was going on and in his zone, wondering what was going to happen. mr. jones. you can come on in. at the hearing, jones would again be confronted by his arresting officer who says his trespassing violation might not be as minor as it seems.
i don t want my brothers to be here. we re better than that. we re the allens. we re better than that. as a result of her progress, the judge in her case granted her a transfer to a drug rehab program instead of prison. i take it you re not going to prison? no. no. william had proven responsible behind bars as well. he had a job detail and had earned recognitions. this is the certificate i got for a therapeutic community men s recovery and violence prevention program. and cory seemed to be managing his imaginary friend and sometimes instigator, jimmy, with medication. so here we had a story that started off with the telling of this grisly act of violence, and it turned into a story about the love and support between three siblings who grew up under really tough circumstances and were working hard to improve their lives. but later we would come to learn that maybe it just wasn t their time yet.
and i say, well, they ll never have to worry about me doing it no more. i just know now i can t do what everybody else does. this last episode of the trespassing really gave me an eye opener even in a greater way that i ve got to watch every little thing. it s the little things that can lead to a big thing like going back to prison. coming up watch your back, bitch, but the dagger is coming. a housing unit where the drama runs high. it gets overwhelming to the point where when you leave the mod, it s just like draining. like wow! we need to take a little break.
i ll probably toss and turn. i feel a little more unsure than i did at first. i ve just got to really have faith in my prayers right now. i ve got to have faith in prayers. oh, man. the final decision on jones came during a break in our shooting. when we returned to tampa, there was a new inmate in jones bunk and jones himself was back at the noah house. a free man. but very much aware that he was still on parole and one slip away from going back to prison. when the people told me that i would be getting out, that day i was so full of joy, i wanted to scream, but i had to hold my composure, you know. i even wanted to ask her out to dinner. that s how good i felt. i said no, she might take that the wrong way. since his release, jones has been enjoying the simple pleasures of freedom. like getting to choose his own clothes. i like to match my clothes
illegal inmate-made wine from a mixture of rotting fruit, sugar and bread. i used to get drunk. and i used to start fights. and one day they sent me to confinement to the hole for extortion. a guy said he owed me money for wine he bought. and i jumped on him. and when i was in confinement, like, my high power, we call god, revealed itself to me and said it s time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. they help ex-offenders get a fresh start in life.