Chapter 8 Idaho Gangs in Prison PDF

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Marianne Hudson CJ204 Chapter 8 - Idaho Gangs In Prison Lecture Notes...

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Idaho Gangs in Prison 

Investigation and Intelligence Unit o Comprised of at least one primary and an assistant facility investigator assigned to each of: 

8 prisons

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2 prison work camp

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5 community work centers

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7 district probation and parole offices

o Investigation Program 

Criminal investigations

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Administrative investigations

o Criminal Intelligence Program 

Analyzing trends

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Use of informants

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Collection and sharing intelligence

o Gang Management Program

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Identification

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Monitoring

Idaho Gang Enforcement Act o Idaho Gang Enforcement Act o Definition of a Gang and Gang Member o Extended Sentences for Gang Crimes o Recruiting of Criminal Gang Members

o Supplying Firearms to a Criminal Gang Member o Penalties for Violation 

Gang Defined: o Ongoing organization, association or goal o 3 or more people o Common name or common identifying sign or symbol o Whose members individually or collectively engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity o Engages in criminal gang activity and; 

Meets 2 or more criteria: 

Admits to membership

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Is identified as a member

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Frequents a gang’s area

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Adopts its style of dress

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Uses its hand signs

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Wears its tattoos

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Associates with known members

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Been arrested more than once with known gang members

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Identified by physical evidence (photographs or documentation)

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Stopped with known gang members (4) or more times

Security Threat Group

o A group of 3 or more inmates who have been determined to be acting in concert so as to pose a potential threat to the safety, security and orderly operation of any correctional facility. 

Two types: 

Criminal gangs

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Extremist groups o Radial Militia Groups o Sovereign Citizens o Earth Liberation Front o Animal Liberation Front o Terrorist Groups

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National Gang Trends o 1.4 million gang members in USA o 33,000+ gangs in USA o Active in all 50 states o Commit 80% of the crimes in many communities o Migrating from urban to rural communities o Gangs have grown 40% over the past 2 years

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Communities Attitudes o Deny gangs are present o Ignore them o Deal with them

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What Type of People Join Gangs o Every race o Every sex o Every national and ethnic group o Every socioeconomic group o Gangs and gang membership is not a racial issue with many gangs o Gangsters are some of today’s most popular role models for American youth

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Reasons for Gang Membership o Poor Sense of Family o Poor Self Esteem o Fear/Protection o Poverty o Boredom o Family tradition o Peer pressure o Simple choice

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Age of Gang Members o Gang members may be any age o Gang membership is for life o Most people remain involved in criminal gang activity for less than three years before they try to back off

o In Idaho the typical age range for an active gang member is 14-25. 

The Gangster Attitude (3 R’s) o Respect 

Their power over others is based on respect (fear)

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If you don’t fear… you don’t respect me.

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The more I make you fear me, the more I can force you to respect me

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The more violent I am… the more respect I get

o Reputation 

The leaders are usually the most respected (feared) gang members.

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Obtained through acts of: 

Courage

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Loyalty

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Mostly violence

o Retaliation 

Disrespect (failure to show fear) cannot be allowed… it must be addressed… no matter how small or how long it takes

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How do we tell gangs apart? o Hand Signs o Clothing (sports) o Gang tattoos 

Generally homemade

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Most commonly done in black ink

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Tattoos may depict numbers

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May also depict a neighborhood, area or street name

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Tattoos may list the person’s moniker (nickname)

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The name of the gang they belong to or the gang set

o Gang Graffiti 

The newspaper of the street

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Identify members of a gang

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Identify the gang name or set

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Making the territory

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Warn other gangs

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Disrespect other gangs

o When encountering graffiti: 

Report

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Record

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Remove

o Gang Drawings o Gang Photos 

Differences Between the Major Gang Afilliations o Sureno (Southerner) 

Mexican Mafia originated in 1957 at the Dewel Vocational Center in Tracy California

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Mexican Mafia is also known as La EME or “M”

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Gang’s Number(s) is 13 because the 13 letter of the alphabet is “M”

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The gang’s color is blue

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Criminal enterprise with significant ties to the Mexican drug cartels.

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“Budweiser Crew”

o Norteno o Crip Affiliated Gangs 

First appeared during the late 1960s in LA

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Numbers used = 3, 3-3, 21, 2-11

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Gang color = blue

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Origin of the name “crip” is disputed

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Many Native Americans in Idaho

o Blood Affiliated Groups 

Blood gangs first appeared during the late 1960 on Pina Street in Compton

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First called

o People Nation Gangs 

Formed during the 1950s and 1960s by inmates in mid-west prisons

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Most have “lords” or “stones” in name

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Latin Kings = Yellow and Black

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Gangs color = red

o Folk Nation Gangs 

First reported in 1978 in Stateville, Illinois

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Created for protection against the People gangs

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Most Folk Nation gangs have the name “disciple”

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Close alliance with Sureno and Crip gang sets.

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The gangs primary color is blue

o Aryan Gangs 

All whites and white supremacy beliefs 

Three types of Aryan gangs: o Neo – Confederate 

Criminal business

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It’s about the money not white supremacy

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Frequently cooperate with non-white gang (surenos and Hybrid) by exchanging hit contracts and drug trafficking

o Neo-Nazi 

Rival of the 4th Reich

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Deep hatred of all non-whites

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Very violent

o Christian Identity/Creativity Movement 

Religious belief that they are the descendants of the Jews

o Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 

Motorcycle (biker) gangs originated in the early 1950’s

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They represent only about 1% of motorcycle riders

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900 OMGs nationally

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Only four have national or international importance:

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Hell’s Angels

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Outlaws

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Pagans

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Bandidos

Most other gangs are loosely affiliated with or allies of one of these main 4 motorcycle gangs

o Independent Gangs 

They maintain independence from the other major alliances

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They serve as a bridge between rival gangs

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Some are multi-racial Hybrid gangs loosely aligned with other large gangs

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Some are formed along racial lines

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Some are formed by criminal family groups

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They start off a small unorganized groups

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To survive they tend to...