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Bookmark or Share- White Supremacist Prison Gangs: 2022 Assessment | ADLMost states have at least one organized white supremacist prison gang; many have more. Such prison gangs are typically larger than other types of white supremacist groups, with memberships that often are in the hundreds, with a few, like the Aryan Circle and Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, reaching 1,500 or more members.
- How Gangs Took Over Prisons - The AtlanticOriginally formed for self-protection, prison gangs have become the unlikely custodians of order behind bars—and of crime on the streets. By Graeme Wood. October 2014 Issue.
- We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members - The ConversationAll of the 12 “security threat groups,” or STGs as they are termed by prison officials, fit the classic view of prison gangs: organized, conspiratorial and violent. The remaining gangs are...
- Gangs (Security Threat Groups) | National Institute of CorrectionsThe research highlighted on this page covers a range of gang related, corrections topics from slang words used by prison gangs to prevention and intervention for gang-affiliated inmates.
- Prison gang - WikipediaA prison gang 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. Prison officials and others in law enforcement use the euphemism "security threat group" (or "STG").
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