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The inmate I respected most was a 19-year-old kid who unalived his own mother. The twist? She had been selling him to grown men since he was 7 years old, and he finally snapped when he caught her doing the same thing to his 6-year-old sister.

This kid, Marcus, had endured twelve years of hell. His mother would sedate him with sleeping pills crushed into his food, then lock him in rooms with strangers who paid her anywhere from $200 to $800 depending on what they wanted to do. She made thousands of dollars off his suffering while telling everyone he was just a troubled child who made up stories for attention,

Marcus tried to tell people what was happening. At age 9, he told his teacher about the "bad men' who came to his house. His mother convinced the school he had behavioral problems. At 12, he tried to run away six times. Each time, his mother would cry to police about her "disturbed son" and they'd bring him right back to her.

The worst part was how she manipulated him. She'd buy him expensive shoes after the worst nights, telling him it was their "special secret" and that he was helping the family survive. She convinced him that if anyone found out, they'd both go to jail and his little sister would end up in foster care with strangers who might hurt her even worse.

When Marcus turned 16, his mother started bringing fewer clients around. He thought maybe it was finally over. Then his sister Emma turned 6, and Marcus noticed his mother giving her the same crushed-up pills. That's when he realized his nightmare was just beginning for someone else.

The night it happened. Marcus came home early from his job at McDonald's and heard his little sister crying from the basement. He found his mother taking photos with her phone while a man twice his sine was hurting Emma. Marcus had hidden a kitchen knife in his backpack weeks earlier. Instead of using it on himself, he used it on them.

When police arrived, they found Marcus holding his sister in the living room, both covered in red liquid Emma kept saying "Marcus saved me over and over. The basement was full of cameras, computers, and boxes of photos and videos going back years. His mother had been running a network

The case made national headlines when they found videos of Marcus dating back to second grade. His mother had been advertising him on dark web sites since he was seven. The Fill arrested forty-three people connected to the network, including two teachers from his elementary school and a family court judge who had dismissed Marcus's previous reports of abuise

In prison, Marcus became untouchable, Even the moist violent inmates protected him like thew own son Gang leaders would personally escort him to meah. Lifers who hadn't spoken to anyone in years would check on him daily. I've never seen anything like the respect this kid commanded from hardened criminale

What broke my heart was watching Marcus struggle with guilt over uhaliving his mother. He'd have nightmares where he'd wake up screaming apologies to her. This kid felt bad for stopping the woman who had sold his body for twelve years and was about to do the same to his baby sister.

His sister Emma was placed with their aunt, who had been fighting for custody for years but was blocked by their mother's lies. She visits Marcus every week and brings Emma once a month. Emma is now 9 years old, in therapy, and slowly healing. She still calls Marcus her hero and draws him pictures of them living together when he gets out.

The most incredible thing happened during Marcus's third year inside. The family court judge who had dismissed his abuise reports was arrested in the FBI sting. During his trial, Judge Patterson confessed that Marcus's mother had been blackmailing him with photos from when he was a client himself.

Marcus is eligible for parole next month. fifteen years of corrections, I've never met an inmate who deserved freedom more.