For members of a prison gang, the family is what matters. These gangs, usually made up of persons of the same race, with members moving in and out of the prison system as a way of life, with a sense of normalcy where the norms on the streets are the same on the inside. These gang members show little regard for the convict code because they feel better protected by the members of their gang, sworn their brothers’ keeper (blood in, Blood out).
According to research some prison gangs control the prison system by intimidation and befriending the institutional staff in order to manipulate them to do their bidding. Often in the print and electronic media there are reports of cell phones and drugs, among other