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 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 Department of Defense official who imposed the new rule reversed it two days after it prompted one judge, Army Col. James Pohl, to suspend the Sept. 11 terrorism case
Despite the fiery rhetoric over Guantanamo in Congress, President Barack Obama has been making progress toward his goal of closing the detention center, reaching some notable milestones
In a closed-door session, the Armed Services Committee voted 14-12 for the bill
Abdul Rauf worked as the top recruiter in Afghanistan for Islamic State militants
Obama administration pushed back against a bill to restrict it from transferring terror subjects to other countries
Bill proposed by four powerful GOP senators would effectively ban most transfers from Guantanamo for two years
Government is contesting a military judge’s interim order barring female guards from escorting al-Hadi to attorney-client meetings and court hearings
Filed gender discrimination complaints against two military judges who are forbidding female officers from handling prisoners to and from legal meetings
Republicans who introduced legislation this week to stop the transfer of detainees to foreign countries say roughly 30 percent of those released have rejoined the fight
11 inmates were involved in a gang on gang assault in the maximum security housing unit
Gen. Martin Dempsey says the facility at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba “does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.”
Jason Armstrong walked into the Northeastern District substation about 8 a.m. Tuesday smelling strongly of marijuana
Obama has promised to shutter Guantanamo Bay Prison during the last two years of his presidency
Eight Afghans are among the 132 detainees remaining at Guantanamo
Several inmates also were indicted on counts of attempted second-degree murder in the attack
President Barack Obama is driving a new push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center despite congressional opposition
In October, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the public release of videotapes of hunger-striking prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab
Inmate Tyler Smith told the FBI that an officer opened the door to Clifton Majors’ cell in 2013
Navy Capt. J.K. Waits agreed on Tuesday to delay a hearing until January at the request of lawyers for an alleged al-Qaida commander
Miguel Paredes, 32, was convicted along with two other men in the September 2000 slayings of three people with ties to the Mexican Mafia
Releasing them could “cause serious harm to national security,” especially in light of renewed military activity in the Middle East
Jordan Keaugh Maxwell represented himself as he pleaded guilty to 20 criminal counts
The jury in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire convicted Rafael Humberto Celaya Valenzuela, a member of Mexico’s violent Sinaloa cartel
13,154 inmates, or more than half of Miss.’s 19,972-inmate prison population, were classified as members of a STG
Both inmates are believed to be associated with the gang commonly known as the East Side Folk
Michael Hagen was beaten to death in February 2012, when a corrections officer at the prison near Ontario put him in a cell with suspected Aryan Brotherhood member Terry Lapich
Oregon’s attorney general admits the state prison system failed to protect a prisoner who was allegedly beaten to death by a white supremacist inside the state’s biggest prison in 2012
California prisons still segregate by race. Why? It has to do with safety and prison gangs.
If members denounce their affilitations, they gain the possibility of leaving segregation
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