SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A man in the Lowcountry is looking to pour back into his community.

He says after 26 years of incarceration, Marcus Parker is returning to the community and has begun a non-profit for at-risk youth.

Locked up at 18-- Parker says he was a student athlete in Ridgeland who said he made some bad choices along the way--- admitting that’s what sent him to prison.

He says, but while he was away, he accessed tools and strategies for at-risk youth.

He created a fraternity within the college in prison, I Kappa Phi fraternity. All to help work with teens on character, education and crime prevention.

He’s hoping now that he’s released, this fraternity/non-profit can be used as a tool in Jasper and the surrounding communities to keep young kids out of incarceration

“I think

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