As a teen, DéVonté Parson spent years in and out of juvenile detention. It didn’t keep him out of trouble. “I got into a gang brawl that turned into a shooting in Tacoma,” he said. He was 22.
Parson was arrested and put in jail. He was facing multiple felony assault charges which could amount to decades in prison. Parson waited more than a year for his trial. As he waited, he started to see a different future.
“When I was in there I’d see these younger individuals coming inside. My heart was going out to them because I was like, ‘I might not get out of this, but I’m hoping that you guys can potentially get out of it,” he said…