Aryan Gangs: Security Threat Groups In Prison

Aryan Brotherhood was found in 1964 in a Federal prison system, which is San Quentin State Prison in California, United States. This gang was known as the “Brand or AB”. The brotherhood is a white supremacist prison gang that is known for the violent criminal activities in and out of prison. During the 1960`s, a group of white convicts serving time at San Quentin, were fed up with the with white prisoners being victimized by one particular predominant gang known as “The Black Gorilla Family”. However, that’s when whites started Aryan Brotherhood for their own protection. Aryan Brotherhood based their gang off Nazism, so to get into the gang, you had to kill a black prisoner. Which brings us to their motto, “Blood In, Blood Out”. Blood in refers

In our prison systems today, many different gangs pose a threat to our correctional staff and other inmates. In the United States, gangs exist in forty of the fifty states. These gangs bring violence, drug trafficking and racial unrest to our correctional system.

There are many problems with gangs in prison. These gangs cause problems and threaten the well-being of others who don’t fit into their mindset or beliefs. This problem has been going on for a long time, and has cost the prison system a lot of money throughout the country.

Over the last few years the hashtag Black Lives Matter has become a hot topic. This organization is trying to bring awareness to the issues that people of color face. They are also trying to bring “real” equality to people of color. Many non-people of color feel like black people are no longer oppressed. I plan to delve into systematic racism and how it is a real issue. I will be looking into the prison industrial complex, and police brutality examining how it relates back to slavery. Many police officers do not face consequences when they use excessive force, on people of color vs non-people of color. Just by looking at the current and past relationship between the police and people of color, needs to be addressed. It seems as if every time you turn around there is a person of color being killed on a daily basis by the police. There are too many people of color losing their lives by the hands of the police while other races are not. This relates to slavery and how slave patrols were used to keep runaway slaves in check. I will look into and how redlining of neighborhoods is a downward spiral as well. Especially when it comes to poverty and education. Even touching on when people use the hashtag all lives matter that you are overlooking/negating the issues that people of color face. All this leads to my research question; why do people of color suffer more from the effects of Systematic Racism than any other Race?

A gang is an organized group with a recognized leader whose activities are either criminal or, at the very least, threatening to the community. (Walker, 2011) Throughout history there have been some infamous gangs that have gotten media attention and others that have gone under the radar. One of the more underground gang structures are prison gangs. The Nuestra Familia may not be in the news as much anymore compared to other gangs, but they are nothing to be taken lightly. Prison gangs have been around since the late 20th century and only seem to be getting stronger if nothing is going to be done to prevent them. Gangs in prison have members in and out of prison. One of the more popular gangs that has been gaining steam recently is

Cardinal Park Skinheads (CPKS) is a small group active in the Cardinal Park area and within the prisons around Los Angeles. The small group is filled only with white members from their area, they are not accepting others because they are motivated skinheads. Cardinal Park Skinheads owns a small business within the Cardinal Park area where they sells normal drugs in the streets, just to have a normal life. The most of the members may be seen with a racists ideologies but they do care about their family too. Because of the most violence and drug traffick around the Cardinal Park, most of the members gets in jail or prison. Most of their members can be recognized by their nazy tattoos or the crosses on their chests. The LAPD is looking for the

These connections are how they are able to import the contraband and perform illegal activities within the prison. Being a member of a gang promotes a criminal lifestyle with a lifetime commitment. Since the violent lifestyle of a gang member is not likely to change, prisons must address the issue by protecting other inmates from their influence so that the problem can be controlled. By isolating gang members in a separate prison under twenty four-hour lockdown, correctional officers will be able to easily monitor what is coming in and out of the prison and keep illegal activities under control and

The KKK has appeared in prisons in the following states: Texas, New York, Oklahoma, Indiana, Florida, Nebraska, Michigan, Washington, Virginia, New Mexico, Connecticut and California. There are not a lot of numbers in each of the state's prisons so there really is no way of telling where it is strong and where it is weak. Guards have appeared in similar or exactly the same attire of the Ku Klux Klan. Guards have also been accused of race-based threats, beatings and even shootings in ten of the states mentioned. There have been lawsuits filed by black guards alleging racial harassment or violence from their own colleagues in thirteen states. Last year, both the FBI and Florida’s general attorney released information regarding three guards who

Groups like the Aryan Brotherhood/Brand/AB still carry the name on. The Aryan Brotherhood is a white supremacist group with a goal to “bring back Hitler” by recreating his race(“Aryan Brotherhood”). There are about 10,000 members that are in and out of prison. The gang is responsible for about 30% of federal prison murders(“Aryan Brotherhood”). The Brotherhood was allied with the Mexican Mafia, Gambino crime family, European Kindred, Philadelphia crime family, Irish mob, and Juggalos(“Aryan Brotherhood”). Groups like this have one common goal-to spread their beliefs in hateful ways.

Recently, there have been a lot of tensions between the police and the civilians, particularly in the United States. While the police are generally accepted as the enforcer of law and the protector of society, the recent abuse of power and racial discrimination by the police on the minority populations have raised the question of whether or not the agency has been given too much power. Despite the controversy, scholars such as Giorgio Agamben argues that indeed police are operating in the state of exceptionalism. This means that due to fear of threats, police have consumed certain rights and privileges for security. With this power, the police are considered to be sovereign; they have the ability to make decisions over life. In fear of threats,

Besides that there is a lot of gangs is prison, prisoners can easily get everything outside of a prison. They can get everything from cigars to a knife. Criminals in jail can do whatever they want to even if something is illegal they still do it and they will do everything just to get those things like cigars or knifes. Acosta says "There are like 30 knives out there right now hidden up their rectums" and " The safest place for an inmate to store anything is in his rectum, and to keep the orifice supple and sized for the phone , inmates have been known to whittle their bars of soap and truck them away as a placeholder while their phones are in use" (Wood). Those quotes tells that when criminal are outside to get some fresh air almost everyone of them has a knife hidden up somewhere and that they are ready to attack someone. They are not scared of committing another crime even in prison. Also Acosta says that even if knifes and phones are illegal in jail criminals still have them. They have phones hidden in bar soap so nobody can find them. They use phones to contact people outside of jail and to even

Nowadays, police play a significant role in the society. They are important because they help us maintain order, ensure peace and tranquility, prevent crimes, and etc. However, a study from Pew Research Center suggested that there were only “about one-third (36%) of the public says they have a lot of confidence in their police department” in America (Morin, 2016). I think some of the reasons why people lack confidence on police is because they often heard and witnessed police officers abuse their power and receive unequal application of law. In my opinion, I do not trust the police because there was one occasion, which I met the police and their actions and words left a profound impression to me.

Policing and the way that it operates is a regularly changing system, that develops and adapts depending on the situations and environment that it is involved in. policing, as a whole is a function that is dependent on legislations and laws brought in by the English legal system. with each new piece of legislation comes new policies, procedures and systems that change the way that the police are able to function. Throughout this discussion, you will be able to see an analysis of how the policing system operated when it was first introduced, how it has affected the general population since it was established and how society has reacted to the changes that have been developed and implemented forthcoming to modern day.

Is there really a problem with today 's police? When the U.S. retreated back several years ago from waging constant battles in Iraq and Afghanistan, the mindset of war continues to remain unchanged. The current administration now hands out military surplus gear left and right, gearing local police officers to wage war in the neighborhood of America 's residents. Officers looked ready to fight a war, when donning their new police uniforms with a discreet black or camouflage pattern along with the latest and greatest military advancements in weapons and tactics. The level of tactical superiority provides only short term relief to the situation, but on the contrary creates a significant amount of long term problems in deteriorating public support of police. Through the public support of ending the 1033 program, change the culture of the police, and the need of community centered training. These steps guarantee the disseverment of police militarization due to the duty of the citizen to take the law into their own hand and account.

“Crime scene investigators, or forensic science technicians, work for law enforcement agencies or other criminal justice organizations that use trained investigators. They collect, find, classify and analyze physical evidence to help solve and prosecute criminal activity. A crime scene investigator (CSI) may test weapons, clothing, fibers, hair and tissue for criminal evidence. These professionals may also specialize in ballistics, fingerprinting or handwriting.” Alliance, U. (n.d.).October 9, 2015. Carefully observing and investigating a crime scene ensures that there is no manipulation of the available evidence. Protecting any possible evidence on the scene is the responsibility of the law enforcement agency that is present. In my paper, I will discuss the role of the police officers, as well as the normal ways when recording and gathering evidence.