A major reason for gangs in prisons is because everyone wants to belong to a group. A prisoner, who is alone, has little or no chance of survival in prison. If a prisoner chose to leave a gang in prison, most likely he would be hurt badly, or killed.

The Mexican Mafia (La EME) is the most powerful gang in prison today, and now run the streets of Southern California. Murder and intimidation, have helped the gang become the most powerful. The gang started in East Los Angeles in the 1960’s, their main purpose was controlling the prison narcotics trade.

The gang is powerful enough to tax local Hispanic street gangs who sell narcotics. This taxa

Asian gangs are on the rise in many US states. In prisons the Asian population is the most respectful to the authority. Outside of prison, the Asian gangs are mobile, intelligent, and looking for as much money as they can find. Most of the crimes are white-collar crimes; these include computer chip theft, credit card forgeries, and telephone cloning.

Another way the Aryan Brotherhood causes problems in jail is by killing their own members. Most of the killings are strangulations but every murder that takes place is to the extreme. This has forced prison officials to put Aryan Brotherhood members in a single cell living area.

The Aryan Brotherhood is a strong gang but has had its power taken away because most of the members are in super max prisons. The Aryan Brotherhood’s only way of wreaking havoc on America’s streets and prisons is by using affiliates.

The Norteno Movement has also started another group within the group called the Generation of United Nortenos (GUN). They have started promoting gang life by recording Cd’s and cass

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