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id="cite_ref-urlWe_spoke_to_hundreds_of_prison_gang_members_–_heres_what_they_said_about_life_behind_bars_|_Colorado_Arts_and_Sciences_Magazine_|_University_of_Colorado_Boulder_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlWe_spoke_to_hundreds_of_prison_gang_members_–_heres_what_they_said_about_life_behind_bars_|_Colorado_Arts_and_Sciences_Magazine_|_University_of_Colorado_Boulder-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlwww.adl.org_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlwww.adl.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, that has a corporate entity, exists into perpetuity, and whose membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Political scientist David Skarbek<b> </b>argues the emergence of prison gangs are due to the dramatic increase in the prison population and inmate's demand for safety. Skarbek observes that in a small, homogeneous environment, people can use social norms to interpret what behavior is acceptable, but a large, heterogeneous setting undermines social norms and acceptable behavior is more difficult to determine. Prison gangs are geographically and racially divided, and about 70% of prison gang members are in California and Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Skarbek suggests prison gangs function similar to a community responsibility system. Interactions between strangers are facilitated because you do not have to know an individual's reputation, only a gang's reputation. Some prison gangs are transplanted from the street. In some circumstances, prison gangs "outgrow" the internal world of life inside the penitentiary, and go on to engage in criminal activities on the outside.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gang umbrella organizations like the <a href="/wiki/Folk_Nation" title="Folk Nation">Folk Nation</a> and <a href="/wiki/People_Nation" title="People Nation">People Nation</a> have originated in prisons.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prison_gangs">Prison gangs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prison gangs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hispanic">Hispanic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hispanic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Mafia" title="Mexican Mafia">La Eme or the Mexican Mafia</a>: (Blue) "Eme" is the Spanish name of the letter "M," and it is the 13th letter in the alphabet. The Mexican Mafia is composed mostly of Hispanics, although there rarely are some White members (at least associates).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Mexican Mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood are allies. They work together to control prostitution, drug-running, weapons, and "hits" or murders. Eme was originally formed in 1956 in the Deuel Vocational Institute<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Hispanic prisoners from the southern part of that state. It has traditionally been composed of US-born and US-raised Hispanics with "<a href="/wiki/Sure%C3%B1os" title="Sureños">Sureños</a>" gangs of southern California paying tribute to it. During the 1970s and 1980s, Eme in California established the model of leveraging its power in prison to control and profit from criminal activity on the street. The gangs activities fall into two categories: conventional crimes - distributing drugs, robbery, and murder, and illicit market exchange - protecting property, enforcing agreements, and handling disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the Mexican Mafia are recognized by a "black hand" tattoo commonly found across their back, chest, leg, or neck. (photo) <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuestra_Familia" title="Nuestra Familia">Nuestra Familia</a>: (Red) ("Our family" in Spanish) "N," the 14th letter in the alphabet, along with the Roman numeral "XIV" is the symbol Nuestra Familia is another mostly Hispanic prison gang that is constantly at war with La Eme. It was originally formed by Northern-California- or rural-based Hispanic prisoners with "<a href="/wiki/Norte%C3%B1os" title="Norteños">Norteños</a>" gangs of Northern California paying tribute to it, opposing domination by La Eme which was started by and associated with Los Angeles gang members. Nuestra Familia was first established California's Soledad Prison in the 1960s.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Syndicate" title="Texas Syndicate">Texas Syndicate</a>: A mostly Texas-based <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a> and prison gang that includes mostly Hispanic members and does (albeit rarely) allow non-Hispanic Caucasian members.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Texas Syndicate, more than La Eme or Nuestra Familia, has been associated or allied with Mexican immigrant prisoners, while Eme and Familia tend to be composed of and associate with US-born or raised Hispanics.<sup id="cite_ref-urlTexas_Syndicate_-_Law_Essays_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlTexas_Syndicate_-_Law_Essays-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlAppendix_B._National-Level_Street,_Prison,_and_Outlaw_Motorcycle_Gang_Profiles_-_Attorney_Generals_Report_to_Congress_on_the_Growth_of_Violent_Street_Gangs_in_Suburban_Areas_(UNCLASSIFIED)_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlAppendix_B._National-Level_Street,_Prison,_and_Outlaw_Motorcycle_Gang_Profiles_-_Attorney_Generals_Report_to_Congress_on_the_Growth_of_Violent_Street_Gangs_in_Suburban_Areas_(UNCLASSIFIED)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexikanemi" title="Mexikanemi">Mexikanemi</a>: Also known as the <b>Texas Mexican Mafia</b>, is a Mexican-American <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street gang</a> established in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice" title="Texas Department of Criminal Justice">Texas Department of Criminal Justice</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-urlwww.justice.gov_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlwww.justice.gov-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prison_Gangs_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prison_Gangs-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It functions separately from the original California <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Mafia" title="Mexican Mafia">Mexican Mafia</a>, and members consider themselves primarily tied to the area of <a href="/wiki/Aztl%C3%A1n" title="Aztlán">Aztlán</a>, formerly Mexican territories in the southwestern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group engages in a wide range of illegal activities including drug trafficking, loan sharking, and money laundering.<sup id="cite_ref-prisonoffenders.com_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prisonoffenders.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%91etas" title="Ñetas">Ñetas</a>: a Hispanic (mainly <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a>) gang, founded in Puerto Rico and on the eastern coast of the US. Originally formed in 1970 in the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Piedras_State_Penitentiary" title="Río Piedras State Penitentiary">Río Piedras State Penitentiary</a>, Puerto Rico.<sup id="cite_ref-dc.state.fl.us_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dc.state.fl.us-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno_Bulldogs" title="Fresno Bulldogs">Fresno Bulldogs</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a> and prison gang. Fresno Bulldogs are largely conflicted with other prison gangs and are the biggest Hispanic gang in California unaffiliated with <a href="/wiki/Sure%C3%B1os" title="Sureños">Sureños</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norte%C3%B1os" title="Norteños">Norteños</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-urlwww.policemag.com_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlwww.policemag.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlCalifornia_Halts_Prison_Gang_Peacemaking_Effort_–_CBS_Sacramento_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlCalifornia_Halts_Prison_Gang_Peacemaking_Effort_–_CBS_Sacramento-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlAppendix_B._National-Level_Street,_Prison,_and_Outlaw_Motorcycle_Gang_Profiles_-_Attorney_Generals_Report_to_Congress_on_the_Growth_of_Violent_Street_Gangs_in_Suburban_Areas_(UNCLASSIFIED)_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlAppendix_B._National-Level_Street,_Prison,_and_Outlaw_Motorcycle_Gang_Profiles_-_Attorney_Generals_Report_to_Congress_on_the_Growth_of_Violent_Street_Gangs_in_Suburban_Areas_(UNCLASSIFIED)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Kings_(gang)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin Kings (gang)">Latin Kings</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison gang</a> established in Chicago in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-urlGang_Profile:_The_Latin_Kings_|_Office_of_Justice_Programs_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlGang_Profile:_The_Latin_Kings_|_Office_of_Justice_Programs-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlAlmighty_Latin_King_and_Queen_Nation_of_New_York_and_Environs_|_Office_of_Justice_Programs_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlAlmighty_Latin_King_and_Queen_Nation_of_New_York_and_Environs_|_Office_of_Justice_Programs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Barrio_Azteca" title="Barrio Azteca">Barrio Azteca</a></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈbarjo<span class="wrap"> </span>asˈteka]</a></span>), or <b>Los Aztecas</b> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[los<span class="wrap"> </span>asˈtekas]</a></span>), is a <a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican-American</a> <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison gang</a> originally based in <a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-urlNegotiating_Violence_and_Protection_in_Prison_and_on_the_Outside:_The_Organizational_Evolution_of_the_Transnational_Prison_Gang_Barrio_Azteca_-_R._V._Gundur,_2020_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlNegotiating_Violence_and_Protection_in_Prison_and_on_the_Outside:_The_Organizational_Evolution_of_the_Transnational_Prison_Gang_Barrio_Azteca_-_R._V._Gundur,_2020-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Puro Tango Blast</b>, <b>Houstone</b>, or <b>Tango Blast</b>, is a term used to collectively describe various regionally based <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison gangs</a> of generally Hispanic men from major Texas cities, but mainly from the <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a> area .<sup id="cite_ref-urlWhat_you_need_to_know_about_Tango_Blast,_Houstons_most_dangerous_gang_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlWhat_you_need_to_know_about_Tango_Blast,_Houstons_most_dangerous_gang-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlDPS_gang_assessment_includes_Tango_Blast,_MS-13_as_top_threats_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlDPS_gang_assessment_includes_Tango_Blast,_MS-13_as_top_threats-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African_American">African American</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: African American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most African American prison gangs retain their street gang names and associations. These commonly include Rollin' sets (named after streets, i.e. Rollin' 30s, Rollin' 40s etc.) that can identify with either <a href="/wiki/Bloods" title="Bloods">Blood</a> or <a href="/wiki/Crips" title="Crips">Crip</a> affiliations.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Black_Guerrilla_Family" title="Black Guerrilla Family">Black Guerrilla Family</a> represents an exception, as an originally politically based group that has a significant presence in prisons and prison politics. It was founded in 1966 at San Quentin State Prison, California by former Black Panther member George L. Jackson.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Blood_Nation" title="United Blood Nation">United Blood Nation</a>: an African American <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison gang</a> found on the east coast. They are rivals with the Ñetas and have ties with the Black Guerilla Family.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Nation" title="Folk Nation">Folk Nation</a>: Founded in Midwestern and Southern states, allied with <a href="/wiki/Crips" title="Crips">Crips</a>, bitter rivals with the People Nation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Nation" title="People Nation">People Nation</a>: Founded in Midwestern and Southern states, allied with <a href="/wiki/Bloods" title="Bloods">Bloods</a>, bitter rivals with the Folk Nation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.C._Blacks" title="D.C. Blacks">D.C. Blacks</a>: Founded in <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> by African American inmates, are allied with the Black Guerilla Family and United Blood Nation, and enemies to the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almighty_Vice_Lord_Nation" title="Almighty Vice Lord Nation">Almighty Vice Lord Nation</a> (AVLN): African American <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a>, and prison gang in Chicago.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Vice_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Vice Lords">Conservative Vice Lords</a> (CVL): A primarily African American gang that originated in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Department_of_Corrections" title="Illinois Department of Corrections">St. Charles Illinois Youth Center</a> outside Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Chicago, CVL operated primarily in the <a href="/wiki/North_Lawndale,_Chicago" title="North Lawndale, Chicago">Lawndale</a> section and used drug sales profits to continue operation and used prisons to train and recruit new members.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangster_Disciples" title="Gangster Disciples">Gangster Disciples</a>: An African American <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street</a>, and prison gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUMI_415" title="KUMI 415">KUMI 415</a>: Generally referred to as 415 or Kumi 415, a predominantly African American prison gang that was originally formed in Folsom State Prison in the mid-1980s, and the founding members were mainly from the San Francisco Bay Area.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="White">White</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: White"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood" title="Aryan Brotherhood">Aryan Brotherhood</a>: A white prison gang that originated in California's <a href="/wiki/San_Quentin_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="San Quentin Prison">San Quentin Prison</a> amongst White American prisoners in 1964. Their emblem, "the brand", consists of a shamrock and the number 666. Other identifiers include the initials "AB", Swastikas and the <a href="/wiki/Sigrune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigrune">sigrune</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dc.state.fl.us_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dc.state.fl.us-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perhaps out of their ideology and the necessity of establishing a presence among the more numerous African American and Hispanic gang members, the AB has a particular reputation for ruthlessness and violence. Since the 1990s, in part because of this reputation, the AB has been targeted heavily by state and federal authorities. Many key AB members have been moved to "supermax" control-unit prisons at both the federal and state level or are under federal indictment.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Lowriders" title="Nazi Lowriders">Nazi Lowriders</a>: A newer white prison gang that emerged after many Aryan Brotherhood members were sent to the Security Housing Unit at <a href="/wiki/Pelican_Bay_State_Prison" title="Pelican Bay State Prison">Pelican Bay</a> or transferred to federal prisons. NLR is associated with members originally from the Antelope Valley and is known to accept some light-skinned or Caucasian-identified Hispanic members.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy_No._1_(street_gang)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Enemy No. 1 (street gang)">Public Enemy No. 1</a>: A white street and prison gang based in Southern California. They have replaced the NLR in holding the "keys" for the Aryan Brotherhood on the mainline prison population.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirty_White_Boys(gang)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirty White Boys(gang) (page does not exist)">Dirty White Boys</a>: A white prison gang made up of inmates from Texas, and have a heavy presence in the federal system.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Kindred" title="European Kindred">European Kindred</a>: a white supremacist prison gang founded in Oregon that is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood" title="Aryan Brotherhood">Aryan Brotherhood</a> (AB) and the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> (KKK).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_Circle" title="Aryan Circle">Aryan Circle</a>: The Aryan Circle split from the Aryan Brotherhood to maintain criminal gang status and <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">white supremacist</a> beliefs, and to oppose black and Hispanic prison gangs.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adl_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adl-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man_Incorporated" title="Dead Man Incorporated">Dead Man Incorporated</a> (DMI): a predominantly white prison gang founded in the Maryland Correctional System with branches in many other correctional facilities throughout the U.S.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pale_Kings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pale Kings (page does not exist)">Pale Kings</a> (PK): a white prison gang that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pale Kingz who also identify by the initials "PK" are primarily located within the Pennsylvania state prison system and throughout the county jails of Pennsylvania. Unlike many of the white prison gangs PK does not share the same <a href="/w/index.php?title=White_supremacy/white_supremacist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White supremacy/white supremacist (page does not exist)">white supremacy/white supremacist</a> beliefs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood_of_Texas" title="Aryan Brotherhood of Texas">Aryan Brotherhood of Texas</a>: A white <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Street_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gang">street gang</a>. Despite the similarity of the name, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) does not have ties with the original Aryan Brotherhood. Founded in Texas in the 1980s, the ABT was created mainly as a criminal enterprise.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/211_Crew" title="211 Crew">211 Crew</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_City_Royals" title="Simon City Royals">Simon City Royals</a>: A predominantly white street and prison gang, established in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> during the late 1950s.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers_of_Aryan_Culture" title="Soldiers of Aryan Culture">Soldiers of Aryan Culture</a>: A nationwide <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a> prison gang composed exclusively of Caucasian inmates.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Aryan_Brotherhood" title="Universal Aryan Brotherhood">Universal Aryan Brotherhood</a>: A white power prison gang primarily based out of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. Despite its name, this gang had no relation to the original <a href="/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood" title="Aryan Brotherhood">Aryan Brotherhood</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latent_prison_management_function">Latent prison management function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Latent prison management function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Christian_Parenti" title="Christian Parenti">Christian Parenti</a> argues in his book <i>Lockdown America</i> that prison gangs serve a convenient function for the prison establishment and officers. They help regulate rogue and rebellious elements within the prison population without intervention from prison authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parenti sees the repression dished out by gangs on non-affiliated prisoners as a latent function of prison gangs. Thus, gangs are often more-or-less tolerated by prison administrators due to the side-benefits they afford. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="US_prison_gangs_in_fiction">US prison gangs in fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: US prison gangs in fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oz_(TV_series)" title="Oz (TV series)">Oz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_In_Blood_Out" title="Blood In Blood Out">Blood In Blood Out</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Me" title="American Me">American Me</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_History_X" title="American History X">American History X</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Felon_(film)" title="Felon (film)">Felon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shot_Caller_(film)" title="Shot Caller (film)">Shot Caller</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Butterfly_Effect_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Butterfly Effect (film)">The Butterfly Effect</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Animal_Factory" title="Animal Factory">Animal Factory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order_(season_15)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law & Order (season 15)">Law & Order (season 15)</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States" title="Incarceration in the United States">Incarceration in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangs_in_the_United_States" title="Gangs in the United States">Gangs in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prison_gangs_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Association_for_the_Protection_and_Assistance_of_the_Convicted" title="Association for the Protection and Assistance of the Convicted">Association for the Protection and Assistance of the Convicted</a> (Brazil)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Black_and_Pink" title="Black and Pink">Black and Pink</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Justice_Institute" title="Florida Justice Institute">Florida Justice Institute</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_Network_of_Prison_Ministries" title="International Network of Prison Ministries">International Network of Prison Ministries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justice_Action" title="Justice Action">Justice Action</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justice_Defenders" title="Justice Defenders">Justice 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