inside the sedgwick county jail, housing units occupy predominantly by gang members are often hotbeds for sudden violence. marquell dean is considered to be one of the most notorious gang members. he said it s in the past and his unit is amiable. over there cooking on the hot pot. throw that on here. dean combines a variety of snacks purchased from the jail commissary to make a platter of jailhouse nachos for the other men in the unit. he even invites deputy matisse to join them. you crunch those down like a powder? not like a powder. just in big chunks. i would call myself a foodie. i love food. being in the jail, i noticed that they take five, six simple
i prayed for him. i laid hands on him. the spirit of the lord said, you will not do the time they re trying to give you. and service wept nt on as usual. and then several months later, he got released. god let him go. she got word from god i was going to go home. i was sitting here not knowing if i was ever going to go home. that case ended up getting threw out. i went home. let me tell you, if you profess you belong to god, you re going to walk out the doors and walk away from god, i guarantee i ll see you back. because the devil going to do everything he can to bring you back into bondage. and that s what happens over and over and over until you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. after dean s release, he attended the church on the outside, and even did some preaching there. one of my star students, because god always had his hand
under her wing eight years earlier when he was in jail on a murder charge. if we are faithful, he remain faithful. she says she felt god planned to let dean walk free, and he did a year later when the charge was dismissed. he cannot deny himself. but now he s back facing another murder charge, though dean says regardless of how it turns out, he has given up gang life. this time i think he got it. i think he got it. the last time when he was here, he almost had it. this time, you know, he found out there s nobody there but him and god. my mind is totally made up that i m not going to gang-bang no more. like that s it. that s over with. all of that is over with. you know, it ain t no if, ands or buts or maybes about that. i told you there s an enemy, and we have to constantly be aware that there s an enemy we re dealing with. god is raising you for such a time as this because the enemy is trying to snatch the young people. this place is full of young people with that sick m
yeah, there s a few of them around in the pod. babies. yes. you going to serve him no matter where you are. yeah. and that s the assignment upon your life. my very ministry is around me right now, you know. mm-hmm. young, young some youngsters, some young fellas in the streets and gangs, you know what i m saying? they re around me right now. sometimes i get so mad because i see myself in them. you know what i mean? i see what i used to be in them, and i be wanting to explain to them. but it s like it s almost like can t do no talking to them. you know what i mean? i think about myself like it was hard to talk to me too, you know? and that s one thing i ve been praying about, like, lord, show me how to get through to them, you know? dean is already serving a sentence of 20 years for theft, assaulting a police officer, and failure to register as a violent offender. if found guilty of murder, he could receive another 50 years to life. they re trying to throw the
there. awkward for real. he s one of the ones, you know, yeah, i won t say it well with him. i don t hold no hate or nothing against him no more. but just uneasy feeling. can never lose that, i guess. well, are they treating you all right in here? you know. it is jail. yeah. know what i m saying. i stay out the way. know what i mean? i stay out their way. mama doing already? i haven t seen her in a while? yeah, mom s working. mr. dean was a gang member at a very young age. and had numerous interactions with him, got to know his mother through that time as well. had different interactions with her because of some of the things that marquell was allegedly had done at the times that we were looking for him. mama didn t even know where you were, was worried to death we were going to do something when we found you and all that