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.
“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
Transition spokesman Ned Price said the president-elect supports closing it, but it would be inappropriate to discuss his plans in detail before he’s in office
An inmate stuck a silver blade at least 5 inches long into the back of the CO’s hand
Danny Roman was pronounced dead of multiple stab wounds to his face and body after he was assaulted by two fellow inmates
The inmate’s lawyer pointed to a recent photograph of cadets giving a Nazi salute as further proof of racism in the state’s prison system
Jesus Mendez-Lopez admitted to recruiting as part of a plea deal
Anthony Gangi and Russ Hamilton talk about the gang issue in CDCR
The inmates wound up brawling and even rioting when placed together in prison recreation yards
Several inmate fights left one inmate dead and more than a dozen injured
Longstanding tensions between rival gangs at the nation’s largest federal prison led to a fight
The U.S. Marshals service said Wednesday authorities were searching for Wesley Gullett and Christopher Sanderson
A November audit that concluded officials at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility had ceded control to gang leaders mirrors litigation against another prison
In the lawsuit, the inmate alleged the CO compromised his safety by revealing to other prisoners that he was in protective custody after leaving a gang
The alleged crimes include murder, robbery, extortion and trafficking in drugs and illegal firearms
The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle contraband to aid the gang
Staff are describing the string of assaults and disruptions as a “gang war” at the juvenile prison
The inmates refused to go into their cells after the slashing of a high-profile inmate last week
“This case illustrates the ongoing fight to dismantle the brutal criminal network, which has its hub in Rikers Island, and shows how dangerous this battle can be for our law enforcement officers,” said Bronx DA Darcel Clark
One condemned inmate killed another Friday, the first slaying of a death row inmate in California in more than 20 years, officials said
The prisoner told others that he intended to “either eat or drink” his victim’s mutilated body parts after the murder
Sources say fight could be related to gang activity at nearby prison
After more than three hours of deliberating, jurors found the three inmates guilty of second-degree murder
Brian Alexander was struck once by another inmate during an altercation, knocking him unconscious
Police say the inmate was led to the shower area where he was cut and punched
Anthony Gangi discusses influence vs. control in correctional facilities, particularly when it comes to prison gangs
The men used an “inmate manufactured weapon” to stab the victim in the chest and back
20 to 25 inmates were involved with a fight Wednesday in the facility’s yard
The president of the CO union says free phone calls could aid gangs that run operations from inside the jails
Barry Byron Mills, the murderous leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, died this month in federal lockup
Union officials said the inmate attacked the CO with a razor attached to a piece of metal, creating a 3-inch gash in the officer’s face
The COs suffered injuries after a reputed gang member assaulted staff and other inmates tried to join in the fray
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