Gang and Terror Recruitment
Gang and terror recruitment within correctional facilities poses significant security risks and challenges for staff. This directory offers articles and resources on identifying, preventing, and managing recruitment efforts by gangs and terrorist organizations among inmates. Understanding these threats is essential for maintaining security and preventing the spread of extremist ideologies. For related strategies, explore our section on Inmate Management and Security.
Six years after indictments and multiple convictions, the BOP says it will finally take custody of nine Aryan Brotherhood members
Michael Lerma allegedly ran drug operations, enforced order and orchestrated violence while in custody at MDC Los Angeles
Prosecutors say Surenos gang members armed themselves with prison-made weapons and makeshift body armor before launching a deadly assault at Ely State Prison
The racketeering case against three gang members, filed in 2019, aimed to move California’s most violent gangsters from state prisons to BOP restrictive housing units
The Fully Blooded Felons leader pushed for gang members to become corrections officers so members could more easily smuggle drugs, the indictment said
Prosecutors allege that the inmate leveraged his influence to bring sex and drugs into the Durham County jail and used an illegal cellphone to arrange drug deals outside the facility
“This dirtbag will be staying right where he is for a very long time and wins the award for dumbest criminal of the week,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said
In March 2000, while COs at North Kern State Prison attempted to remove James Flores from his cell for an assault investigation, he stabbed one of the officers
The inmate, a confirmed MS-13 gang member, is one of four inmates charged with killing K-9 Rivan and assaulting a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison
The White Pine County sheriff said that all three inmates died of stab wounds, or “multiple sharp force injuries” in a disturbance at Ely State Prison
The Supermax – designed to be confining in every way – houses the nation’s most dangerous and notorious criminals
James “Whitey” Bulger was killed just hours after he was transferred from a Florida lockup to USP Hazelton in West Virginia and placed in the general population
Have you seen any of the tattoos listed below?
These tattoos became intricate works of art that detailed not only an inmate’s crimes, but a good portion of their lives
The three Aryan Brotherhood members all initially faced a potential death penalty until prosecutors agreed not to seek it
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Between September 2020 and May 2022, a group of inmates housed at Donaldson Correctional Facility used telephone scams called “skits” to trick Home Depot employees into activating pre-paid gift cards
The DOJ said the Mississippi DOC does not have enough staff to supervise the prison population, with job vacancy rates of 30% to 50%
The Idaho DOC deployed its tactical emergency response team after 25 prisoners in two housing units of administrative segregation covered their cell windows
The Multnomah County corrections deputies are accused of “door popping” so inmates could leave their cells and attack other inmates
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the sticker has since been removed — and Sheriff Robert Luna faulted oversight officials for not telling him about the image sooner
The inmate was charged with attempted murder and has been transferred to a different corrections facility in Tucson
The indictment alleges an extensive criminal enterprise in which gang members, including inmates within the Georgia DOC, orchestrated numerous crimes, including murders, attempted arson and drug trafficking inside and outside of GDOC facilities
The contemporary digital landscape is generating vast reservoirs of data that agencies must connect and analyze
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office asked for the ex-deputy’s bail to be increased, citing his potential flight risk due to possible ties with a Mexican drug cartel
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found COs in Georgia are paid less than COs in other states and 8 in 10 of the arrests were women, often under the age of 30
Inmate Joseph Hutchinson’s death comes one month after Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who controlled rackets in L.A. County jails, was killed on the yard
Recruiting and operating organized crime gang members and bosses as long-term confidential criminal informants is a dangerous game for law enforcement officers