Dereck Jackson

Now I'm in prison.

I have to deal with it.

The public's eye, when people like that go to prison, it's our job to deal with them, you know?

And so I didn't want these predators to get out of prison and go and hurt kids because I know how the system is.

You hurt a kid, you get a slap on the hand, you're right back out.

And I never agreed with that because of what I went through.

When I was in front of the judge, so in High Desert, their courthouse is right there by the prison.

Basically, might as well be in the prison.

We called it King of Rue Court.

So I go in there, and there's nothing but cops and COs and judge and DA and all that.

And he told me straight up, I said, what's the deal?

And he goes, well, I'm going to give you eight years or life.

There is no deal because I was a second striker.

And I was like, damn.

He goes, look, to be honest, youngster, I don't want to give you any time.

I should give you a medal for what you did.

That dude was a monster.

You know, but you broke the law.

And I said, I understand that.

When I fucking picked up that knife, I knew I was doing something I wasn't supposed to be doing.