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.
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 men were convicted of racketeering and conspiracy in August after a U.S. District Court trial that lasted more than four months
The fighting at Hancock State Prison in Sparta on Friday left 12 inmates injured, including one who was stabbed multiple times in the back
The prison is a close security, 1450-bed facility primarily housing “violent, long-sentenced prisoners”
The number of inmates who are gang members is growing within the Hamilton County Jail, which houses about 500 inmates
Phillip Thomas Gantz was targeted for death after he was branded a “snitch” in jail
According to court documents, Barrio Azteca members and associates are known to import heroin, cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico
Prosecutors allege the gang was founded in 2000 and operated in prisons in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Texas
Not knowing what a code says can give us nightmares in a prison facility
A Corpus Christi gang leader was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to murder and drug trafficking
To stop them from orchestrating mayhem on prison yards and neighborhoods across the state, prison officials condemned hundreds of reputed gang members to years of isolation
Gang leader allegedly helped orchestrate murders, extortion and robberies
Testimony: Gang member slashed in face, charged ‘rent’
The men were indicted in 2008 with 16 others who have pleaded guilty to a wide-range of illegal gang activity
Members of rival gangs sell drugs under the banner Syndicate Four
According to a criminal complaint, Justin Hernandez, described as the gang leader in his prison unit, ordered the beating because of a “disrespect issue”
Courtroom cleared after leader gets life
Armando Moreno was new to the established gang but determined to make his mark. He would challenge the authority of the group’s longtime leader
Top 6 became the most violent gang in Palm Beach County history, linked to 14 homicides and more than 150 shootings
Gang member gets 35 years after plea deal
Revelations Wednesday about a Mexican border prison fight that left 17 dead suggested weakness, disorganization and possible corruption at the jail
The indictment marks a rare mass roundup of Mexican Mafia members in the Austin area, where the Texas Syndicate prison gang has traditionally dominated
The core inmates described the conditions inside the prison’s highest-security special isolation wing as inhumane
Officials had been monitoring about 950 gang members statewide through GPS
Gang members and wannabe gang members stabbed a woman more than 30 times
Defense lawyers argued Mark Phillips was a relatively minor player in the so-called Black Tuna Gang, which smuggled tons of marijuana into the U.S.
The raid, code-named “Red Zone,” also netted weapons, including five assault rifles, $64,000 in cash and unnamed quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana
“Operation Wolf Pack” indicted 38 already in custody and 23 out on the streets
In this Venezuelan jail run by prison gangs, inmates can do almost anything, except leave
U.S. attorney: ‘It was widely understood, at least in law enforcement circles, he was the general of generals’
Officers administered life-saving measures and David Ryan Forester was rushed to Oroville Medical Center