Directory of Prison Gangs Resources

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This category focuses on the organized criminal groups that were born in correctional facilities. Prison gangs are also referred to as Security Threat Groups.

Subcategories

• Aryan Brotherhood
• Black Guerrilla Family
• Mexican Mafia

Resources in This Category

• Inside Pelican Bay

  http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n707/a04.html
  Activities of prison gangsters within an infamous California penal institution. Explores methods used by incarcerated gang leaders to influence events beyond the prison walls.

• NPR : Gangs Reach Out of Prison to Commit Crimes

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4525733
  Report on organized criminal groups within California's prison system and the ability of those groups to project power outside of prison walls.

• Prison Gangs - Gang and Security Threat Group Awareness

  http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison.html
  Florida Department of Corrections information on major gangs: Neta, Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerilla Family, Mexican Mafia, La Nuestra Familia, Texas Syndicate. Descriptions of gang origins, identifiers, characteristics and rivals.

• Texas Prison Gangs

  http://davadnai.users.omniglobal.net/gang.html
  A study of the eleven Security Threat Groups identified by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

• The Problem of Gangs in American Prisons Today

  http://www.ngcrc.com/corr2006.html
  Detailed findings from the 2004 Prison Gang Survey.

• Wikipedia: Prison Gang

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_gang
  Article defines Security Threat Groups and describes the larger United States gangs.

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