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Week 5: Interventions to Combat Criminal Organizations—Part II
Thus far, you have been studying gangs and criminal organizations operating freely in the United States and the legal statutes that address violence perpetrated by them. Thousands are prosecuted, sentenced, and incarcerated based on this legislation.
Unfortunately, confinement to a correctional facility does not prevent gang-related activities from occurring. Prison gangs are often sophisticated, with their own hierarchical structure, communication pathways, and codes of conduct. As such, prison gangs bring with them unique challenges for criminal justice professionals.
In this second week focused on combating criminal organizations, you discuss some of these challenges while also explaining the difference between street gangs and prison gangs. You then return to analysis of your own community—this time proposing new law enforcement, judicial, and correctional interventions to better address the problem of criminal organizations.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Differentiate between street gangs and prison gangs
Analyze factors that contribute to the proliferation of gangs in prisons
Analyze correctional challenges to combating prison gangs
Recommend law enforcement, judicial, and correctional interventions to combat criminal organizations
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Discussion: Prison Gangs
In 2013, members of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) prison gang were indicted on racketeering charges. The gang infiltrated several detention centers in Maryland and conspired with some corrupt correctional officers to distribute drugs and launder money. A high-ranking member of the gang, Travon White, was captured on a phone call saying, “This is my jail. You understand that? I’m dead serious. . .. I make every final call in this jail” (U.S. Attorney’s Office, 2013, para. 16). An FBI agent who worked on the case echoed this sentiment, suggesting that the BGF prison gang seemed to be running the detention centers.
In this Discussion, you examine the differences between prison gangs and street gangs, factors that contribute to the proliferation of prison gangs, and challenges related to combating prison gangs.
Reference:
U.S. Attorney’s Office. (2013, April 23). Thirteen correctional officers among 25 Black Guerilla Family gang members and associates indicted on federal racketeering charges. Retrieved from https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/baltimore/press-releases/2013/thirteen-correctional-officers-among-25-black-guerilla-family-gang-members-and-associates-indicted-on-federal-racketeering-charges
Post a response that addresses the following:
What are the differences between prison gangs and street gangs?
What factors contribute to the proliferation of gangs in prisons?
Why is it challenging to combat prison gangs?
Week Five Discussion: Prison Gangs
Hello Everyone,
A prison gang is associated with a particular group of inmates who are structured into a
hierarchy and follow a strict code of conduct. They are criminal groups that developed from the
criminal justice system and have continued to function in prisons around the country. Prison
gangs are also self-sustaining criminal organizations that can operate outside of the criminal
justice system (U.S. Department of Justice, 2021). “A street gang is any sustained organization,
affiliation, or group of three or more people, whether formal or informal, with one or more
criminal acts as one of its primary activities, a common name or identifying or symbol, and
whose members explicitly or collectively take part in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal
gang activity” (NIJ, 2011).
A qualitative study of gang leadership in prison discovered that qualities for gang leadership
in prison differed from those in the outside world. Prison gangs are more like organized crime
organizations. While street gangs tend to maintain a sense of personal and communal honor by
outdoing their peers, they are often focused on strong personal connections rather than a
hierarchy system (Howell & Griffiths, 2018). Another key difference is how each was
established, prison gangs began to address institutional governance problems (Ortiz, 2018).
Whereas street gangs first emerged around the Industrial Revolution when people began to
move from rural areas to the city. They found that there was not enough housing and work
opportunities, the unemployed turned to crime to make ends meet, resulting in individuals
looking for safety in numbers. Thus, gangs began to form by these people banding together,
protecting one another from other criminals and authorities (U.S. Department of Justice, 1998).
One of the biggest reasons for proliferation (increase in number) is because the number of
inmates is rapidly growing in the U.S. More inmates, mean more chances for people to get
involved in a gang once in prison, besides, some new inmates already have affiliation with the
gang before entering prison. Cultural diffusion could be a reason also, this is the spread of
someone’s culture’s practices, beliefs, and/or other items (Howell & Griffiths, 2018). When in a
close environment with another person who has been surviving in that environment for a longer
period, we tend to adopt their survival behaviors; it is instinctive.
According to The National Institute of Justice, gangs are responsible for a significant
percentage of prison misbehavior and violence, and their existence and actions pose a
significant threat to ongoing attempts to sustain prison control, order, and safety (Pyrooz, 2018).
Prison gangs are a constantly disruptive force in correctional facilities, interfering with
correctional programming, endangering inmates and staff, and undermining the institution’s
expectations for a quality of life with regards to the inmates (Fleisher & Decker, 2001).
References
Howell, J. C., & Griffiths, E. (2018). Gangs in America’s communities (3rd ed.). (Ch. 3 & 7). Thousand
Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Fleisher, M. S., & Decker, S. H. (2001). Overview of the challenge of prison gangs. Office of Justice
Programs. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/overview-challenge-prison-
gangs#additional-details-0.
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Pyrooz, D. C. (2018, June 30). Using restrictive housing to manage gangs in U.S. prisons.
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/using-restrictive-housing-manage-gangs-us-prisons
NIJ. (2011, October 27). What is a street gang? Definitions. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-gang-
definitions.
Ortiz, J. M. (2018, June). Gangs and environment: A comparative analysis of prison and street gangs.
American Journal of Qualitative Research. 2(1), 97-117. http://www.ajqr.org/.
The U.S. Department of Justice. (1998). 1998 National survey street gang report. https://chrome-
extension://gphandlahdpffmccakmbngmbjnjiiahp/https://www.16thcircuit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/
family_court/Documents/Gangs_Sheriff .
The U.S. Department of Justice. (2021, April 29). Prison gangs. https://www.justice.gov/criminal-
ocgs/gallery/prison-gangs.
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