reputation, only a gang's reputation. Some prison gangs are transplanted from the street. In some circumstances, prison gangs "outgrow" the internal world...

the term "gang" would connote when referring to people who have an interest in undermining the system. Before the rise of large, formal prison gangs,...

United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs. While some gangs are multi-ethnic, many criminal enterprises are...

people in the United States were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the country. These include national street gangs, local...

by the criminal justice system, with nearly two million people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest...

The United Blood Nation, also known as the East Coast Bloods, is a street and prison gang active primarily in the New York metropolitan area. It is the...

The D.C. Blacks is an African-American prison gang in the United States whose members are from Washington D.C. They are allied with the Black Guerrilla...

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...

Corrections. "Prison Gangs (continued) - Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness". Florida Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12...

of a gang that began in the Puerto Rico prison system and spread to the United States mainland. Although Puerto Rico has many small street gangs claiming...

Validation is a legal process in the United States where criminal justice authorities (prison officials, parole officers, police officers, or prosecutors)...

gang in the United States. Primarily based in Southern California, the gang is allied with the larger Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia gangs, and fellow...

"one of the most powerful and fastest-growing gangs inside and outside prison", and reported it had about 200 members statewide. The gang's main activities...

organization of Mexican American (Chicano) prison gangs with origins in Northern California. While members of the Norteños gang are considered to be foot soldiers...

race-based prison gangs. These gangs soon became the top predators in the Texas prison system. The various white gangs, with names like the Aryan Society...

street and prison gang which was formed in 1968 by Larry Hoover and David Barksdale. The two rival gangsters united together to form the Black Gangster...

to the USP Marion, the federal supermax prison in Marion, Illinois. In 1988, Fort was also convicted of ordering the 1981 murder of a rival gang leader...

informants. Texas portal Law portal Prison gangs in the United States Gulf Cartel "Texas Syndicate: Prison Gang Profile". Insideprison.com. Retrieved...

participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Prison gangs in the United States Gangland Maryland prison gangs: Who are they Rose Velazquez, The Daily...

California, including the notoriously brutal MS-13 and 18th Street Gang, since in the prison system inmates are recruited into gangs based on race regardless...

allied with certain violent prison gangs. According to the National Gang Intelligence Center, Juggalo gangs are a threat to the community because of their...

term used to collectively describe various regionally based street and prison gangs of primarily Hispanic men from major Texas cities. Incarcerated Hispanic...

prisoners join gangs. These gangs often develop a large influence outside the prison walls through their networks. Most prison gangs do more than offer simple...

Hispanic prison gangs. The gang began growing during the 1990s, becoming the second-largest prison gang in Texas by 2008, with 730 confirmed members in state...

between prison gangs intensified into a full-blown riot leading to the death of seven prisoners. It was the most violent prison riot in the United States within...

Current (July 7, 2010) Prison Gangs justice.gov (May 11, 2015) Florida Department of Corrections. "Prison Gangs (continued) - Gangs and Security Threat Group...

supremacist prison gang. Initially based in Utah, SAC has since spread across the nation, having members in several states across the United States as well...

percent of United States Armed Forces members are estimated to belong to criminal gangs in the United States, a much higher proportion than in the civilian...

The Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB), also known as the Universal Family, are an active neo-Nazi white supremacist prison gang in the United States. Primarily...

the gang may have around 500 members in the Oregon prison system. EK members have a propensity for violence and are one of the most powerful gangs within...