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The Mexican Mafia prison gang can extort drug dealers on the street because they wield substantial control over inmates in the county jail system and because drug dealers anticipate future incarceration.
15 lis 2023 · Although historically linked to the California based Hispanic prison gang the Mexican Mafia (La Eme), tension between the AB and La Eme is becoming increasingly evident as demonstrated by recent fights between Caucasians and Hispanics within the CDC.
27 mar 2019 · Barrio Azteca is a criminal organization that has significantly evolved since its inception as a prison solidarity group—first into a true prison gang and then into an organized criminal enterprise operating in the free world.
27 mar 2019 · In particular, U.S.-based Hispanic and Latin American prison gangs, which often contribute to prison governance structures, have, in certain circumstances, evolved to underwrite the protection rackets that underpin criminal underworlds on the outside (Skarbek, 2014), typically via the drug trade (Bunker & Sullivan, 2013; Cruz, 2010; Dias ...
12 mar 2014 · This article addresses what many observers of Texas’ prison gangs perceive as significant changes in the hierarchical structure of various Latino groups. Focusing on the state’s central and eastern regions, we provide a brief historical context and overview of contemporaneous gang factions.
11 gru 2009 · Among 16- to 25-year-olds, native-born Hispanics are roughly twice as likely as immigrant Latino youths to engage in behaviors that involve weapons, fights and gangs. They are also more likely to land in jail or prison.
Prison gangs disrupt correctional programming, threaten the safety of inmates and staff, and erode institutional quality of life. The authors review the history of, and correctional mechanisms to cope with prison gangs. A suppression strategy (segregation, lockdowns, transfers) has been the most common response to prison gangs. The authors
