Essay on Indentifying Prison Gangs: Their Bonds and Their Ink

group is continuously growing both in the prison and also outside the prison. It has its dominance mostly in state prisons especially the San Quentin prison. The Black Guerrilla Family The Black Guerrilla Family was started in the year 1966 by W.L. Nolen, Lester Jackson, James Carr and other racist who were black in the San Quentin state prison in California. The founders adopted the militia structure and ideology of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The gangs were started so as to unite the black prisoners…

find a solution for the problem the prison system took and is still taking steps such as classifying the gang members and other violent inmates as security threat groups (STG’s). Both prison officials and law enforcement agencies refer to gangs as STG’s rather than “gangs” in order to take away from the assumptions and exposure that the word “gang” gets. There are several ways of becoming classified as a security threat group, such as self-admission, known gang tattoos, confiscation of STG paraphernalia…

185). Most gangs utilize a “blood in, blood out basis for gang membership: A would-be member must stab a gang’s enemy in order to be admitted, and once in cannot drop out without endangering his own life” (Clear and Cole, 2000, p.260). Besides killing a rival there are other ways to enter the gang and receive acceptance. Those ways include, but are not limited to, assaulting an officer, doing drug deals, or “catching a cell” which means to go into a cell with members of the gang for which the…

Gang members in institutions recruit heavily and forge alliances to strengthen their power base and influence within the prison. Candice Bergen, the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, has stated the government’s “tough-on-crime” legislation has taken more gang members off the streets and put them behind bars. “We have good programs that are in place, but it’s a continual challenge,” she told host Evan Solomon. “There is some relief that at least these individuals are not on…

is not one specific gang. It is an alliance of many gangs. These gangs are the Black Gangster Disciples, the Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples, La Raza, Cobras, Eagles, Latin Disciples, Maniac Latin Disciples, Simon City Royals, Spanish Gangsters, Two Sixers and the International Posse. Folk Nation was formed on November 11, 1978 within the Illinois Department of Corrections. Larry Hoover, the leader of the Gangster Disciples, created the idea for the alliance of these gangs. Folk Nation is based…

chart on the following page, the return rate on bonds has surpassed the inflation rate. Bonds have averaged an interest rate of over six and a half percent, while the inflation rate has averaged under four and a half percent. Although it may seem like an insignificant amount of interest, over time, this difference in interest rates can lead to extremely large profits. If you invested $1 000 dollars in bonds in 1950, by the end of 1995 you would have…

2011). Putting gang members, especially the younger ones in prison is perhaps the worst possible idea, no matter what the reason for their jailing. Chances are their associations in prison will turn them into more expert, hardened criminals when they get out. For the very youngest offenders, chances are they will be expected to ask for protection in return for homosexual favors, which, if that practice continues on the outside, can mean even more serious repercussions by homophobic gang members. Proactive…

where other gang member might be. The new member then shoots at the others hoping to kill them while the car is still moving and then speeds away. This is known as a drive by. With the new gang member now being part of a felony and facing major prison time if caught the new member of the gang should now be fully loyal to their new gang. (Gangs in Arizona, 2006) Gang violence and nuisancehas got to be addressed. Many different cities are trying new tactics to deal with their own gang problems.…

average, gang members in the United States commit approximately 50% of total violent crimes, while some states and jurisdictions report much larger percentages.10 California and Illinois, who rank closely with Idaho, report that gang members commit approximately 90% of violent crimes in their states.11 These violent crimes include assault, extortion, home invasions, drug trafficking, homicide, weapons trafficking, intimidation, shootings, etc.12 Other crimes routinely committed by gang members…

Gangs reorganized and many combined their gangs into one bigger enterprise. Gangs were mostly run from prisons during the 1970’s and on (Brief outline); therefore one could not escape the gangs. Gangs shaped Chicago early on. Gentrification is displacing gangs and causing turf wars. Gentrification and the tearing down of public housing in Chicago left many gangs homeless (Brief outline). Due to this, gangs battle over land and housing, known as turf wars. The violence rises, along with the number…