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A prison gang [1] [2] is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, that has a corporate entity, exists into perpetuity, and whose membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment. [3]
A prison gang [1] [2] is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system. It has a corporate entity and exists into perpetuity. Its membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment. [3] Prison officials and others in law enforcement use the euphemism "security threat group" (or "STG").
Prison authorities alleged Clement joined the Aryan Brotherhood in 1995, which he denied. "I'm no part of no gang," Clement told the parole board, "and I don't plan on ever being part of no gang." ***
The Aryan Brotherhood grew quickly in the California prison system and eventually started a race war in 1975 with the other prison gangs such as La Nuestra Familia, and Black Guerilla Family. As a result of the race war, California prison officials segregated the gangs to different prisons in California.
Armed gangs attacked Haiti’s National Penitentiary on Saturday, allowing several notorious gang leaders and other prisoners to escape the vastly overcrowded facility, a high-level police source ...
At a hearing in 2017, Huerta said he'd pulled away from gangs two decades earlier and was trying to set an example for younger inmates by participating in self-help groups. "I've created new ...
In his literature review and analysis of evidence about gangs in the California correctional complex, David Sharbek found that gangs formed as a response to a lack of protection from prison officials. According to his research, male prison populations rely on non-structured social norms and on formalized organizations to govern themselves.
Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh said extortion of family members by gangs from inside the prisons was widespread while he held the position from 2016 to 2019. He ...