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This 7 page paper discusses prison gangs and how they impact prison life. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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of prison gangs and their effect on the prison system. Discussion There have been gangs in prison since the 1950s; the first appears to have been the "Gypsy Jokers," who
formed in Washington state prisons at that time (Fleisher and Decker, 2001, p. 1). The Mexican Mafia came into being in the California prison system in 1957 (Fleisher and Decker,
2001). These authors quote a much higher figure of gang membership than other sources, saying that perhaps 100,000 prison gang members are housed across the country (Fleisher and Decker, 2001).
They give a very interesting history of the various prison gangs, and reveal that most gangs have a leader and a council that makes decisions for the entire gang
(Fleisher and Decker, 2001). They also say that the gangs are responsible for over half the violence in prisons, and that their reason for "acting out" is simple: they want
to make money, and "be at the top of an institutions inmate power structure" (Fleisher and Decker, 2001, p. 1). In a rational situation, this is a pathetic and juvenile
reason to terrorize others, but perhaps it makes sense in prison. Although it might seem that prisons are riddled with gangs, that isnt true. One source says that "the most
recent national-level data reveal that gang members account for a very small proportion of any individual prison system" (Trulson, Marquart and Kawucha, 2006, p. 26). A 2002 survey that included
both state prisons systems and the Federal Bureau of Prisons found that there were a total of "15,398 prison gang members"; most states had "fewer than 1,000 gang members," although
between them California and Texas accounted for "nearly 70 percent of all prison gang members, each with more than 5,000 members" (Trulson, Marquart and Kawucha, 2006, p. 26). This isnt
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