Dereck Jackson

So yeah, drugs had a big part of why I was doing what I was doing.

I wasn't rationally thinking.

Plus I was young.

I said I was a kid.

Somebody was like, no, you weren't a kid.

You're an adult.

I don't believe it.

You know what I mean?

I was still thinking like a kid, like there was no consequences.

You know, I never really thought of consequences until I actually, you know, got locked up.

My main focus of why I came here is I want anybody that's got any kids or anybody that they know, a loved one that's going to prison or that's struggling, they could call me for free.

There's a lot of clowns on social media that are fucking charging people, you know, to talk to them or give counsel or anything like that.

I want the public to know that

I'm doing everything I can to be a good guy, be successful, because I'm going to get there.

I'm going to help our community.

And I'm just really passionate about it.

I've been trying to go back to prisons.

I can't get back in prisons.

One company said I'm not qualified to go back in prison and talk to inmates, which was fucking insane.

Can't get into the juveniles or anything like that.