Prison gang

A prison gang is an unofficial term used to denote any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. The official term for this is Security Threat Group, or STG.

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The concept for the "Security Threat Group" name is to take away the recognition and publicity that the term "gang" connotates when referring to people who have an interest in undermining the system.

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Most prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often, prison gangs are responsible for any drug, tobacco, or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities. Furthermore, many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution, assaults, kidnappings, and murders. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate the other inmates, pressuring them to relinquish their food and other resources.

Related Topics:
Drug - Tobacco - Alcohol - Prostitution - Assault - Kidnapping - Murder

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Prison gangs can also be responsible for laundering money from outside gangs, usually the "free world" branches of the same gangs "on the inside".

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Most correctional facilities have policies prohibiting the formation of prison gangs; however, many prison gangs continue to operate with impunity. Many members are serving life imprisonment (a few are on Death Row) for various crimes, thus they have no incentive to leave a gang or to integrate with the general prison population.

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