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  2. Prison gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Prison gangs are geographically and racially divided, and about 70% of prison gang members are in California and Texas. [4] Skarbek suggests prison gangs function similar to a community responsibility system. Interactions between strangers are facilitated because you do not have to know an individual's reputation, only a gang's reputation.

  3. Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States

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    Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States differ in the social structures and cultural norms observed in men's and women's prison populations. While there are many underlying similarities between the two sets of populations, sociologists have historically noted different formal and informal social structures within inmate populations.

  4. Prison gang - Wikipedia

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    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").

  5. Violent Venezuelan gang members expanding operations in Midwest

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    (The Center Square) – Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations nationwide, including in the midwestern states of Illinois ...

  6. Report: Staffing woes, violence & gangs continue to plague ...

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    Both youth and staff said that gangs remain an area of concern. Of the 156 youths housed at the facility, 37 were considered active gang members and 48 were identified as being passive.

  7. Pendleton Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    On February 1, 1985, a riot took place at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, then still known as the Indiana Reformatory. An inmate, Lincoln Love, who also referred to himself as Lokmar Yazid Abdul Wadood and passed away in 2020 while serving a sentence for involvement with the riot, [3] [4] was badly beaten by correctional officers after he refused to vacate his cell during a weapons check ...

  8. Inmates are learning to code in prison. Jobs may be hard to ...

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    Today, they join over 200 other students at correctional facilities across the country who have completed the Brave Behind Bars program since the group’s founding in 2021. A graduation ...

  9. Westville Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, the prison was ordered to move 130 female inmates to other state facilities in order to comply with a lawsuit filed claiming that women received unfair treatment at the prison. According to several inmates, the women at Westville were not allowed options such as work opportunities outside the facility, General Equivalency Diploma ...