One of the main security threats in American’s correctional facilities today is gang violence. Correctional facilities are faced with emerging problems related to gang violence such as drugs, murder, extortion, gambling, abuse of religious freedom by spreading hate in the name of religion, “racial enmity” and “racial extremism which is the number one factor of the ongoing problem of racial conflict in the facilities. Some of the security threat groups/gangs contributing to these problems are: The Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerilla Family, Folk Nation, Mexican Mafia and MS 13.
The Aryan Brotherhood which is also known as the Brand or AB is a violent white supremacist group and national crime syndicate. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the gang was founded in San Quentin State Prison, California in 1964 by white supremacists Barry Milles and Tyler Bingham as a form of protection for white inmates in newly desegregated prisons, and is today’s oldest, largest and deadliest prison gang in the United States. With an estimated 20,000 members and increasing both inside prisons and on the streets.
Their motto is “blood in, blood out”, which means “one is in for life and the only way out is death.” Like many other gangs the Aryan Brotherhood member wears numerous tattoos with the main being the shamrock (clover leaf) depicting the …show more content…
IT predominately focuses on the east and west coast but is especially strong in the state of Maryland where the gang spread to the streets of Baltimore and threatened law enforcement as well as the community. They are one of the most dangerous because they have the power to recruit from many other black street gangs while imprisoned and they have the strongest relationships with many of the external gangs, meaning they can initiate an attack from anywhere without anyone being aware of its
The Aryan Brotherhood which is also known as the Brand or AB is a violent white supremacist group and national crime syndicate. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the gang was founded in San Quentin State Prison, California in 1964 by white supremacists Barry Milles and Tyler Bingham as a form of protection for white inmates in newly desegregated prisons, and is today’s oldest, largest and deadliest prison gang in the United States. With an estimated 20,000 members and increasing both inside prisons and on the streets.
Their motto is “blood in, blood out”, which means “one is in for life and the only way out is death.” Like many other gangs the Aryan Brotherhood member wears numerous tattoos with the main being the shamrock (clover leaf) depicting the …show more content…
IT predominately focuses on the east and west coast but is especially strong in the state of Maryland where the gang spread to the streets of Baltimore and threatened law enforcement as well as the community. They are one of the most dangerous because they have the power to recruit from many other black street gangs while imprisoned and they have the strongest relationships with many of the external gangs, meaning they can initiate an attack from anywhere without anyone being aware of its