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  2. Prison gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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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] Political scientist David Skarbek argues the emergence of prison gangs are due to the dramatic increase ...

  3. 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").

  4. Aryan Brotherhood - Wikipedia

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    The Aryan Brotherhood (AB or The Brand) is a neo-Nazi prison gang and an organized crime syndicate that is based in the United States and has an estimated 15,000–20,000 members both inside and outside prisons. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has characterized it as "the nation's oldest major white supremacist prison gang and a national ...

  5. Dozens of suspected White supremacist gang members arrested ...

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    A total of 68 suspected gang members with ties to White supremacy were charged in ... the defendants face a maximum sentence of life in federal prison, according to the US Attorney’s Office for ...

  6. List of gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. [1] In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit [2] The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.

  7. Dozens linked to Los Angeles-area White supremacist gang ...

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    Suspected members of the San Fernando Valley Peckerwoods, a L.A.-area White supremacist gang, were arrested and indicted Wednesday on drug, weapons trafficking and fraud charges.

  8. Gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Almighty Latin King Nation graffiti of the "King Master" along with the abbreviations "L" and "K" on the sides. [1] [2] Approximately 1.4 million people in the United States were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the country. [3] These include national street gangs, local street gangs, prison gangs, outlaw ...

  9. Black Guerrilla Family - Wikipedia

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    The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Gorilla Family, [6] [7] the Black Family, [8] the Black Vanguard, [9] and Jamaa [8]) is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.