All About Gangs

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Yo, you want to score big? A good offense... The first defense in protecting our kids against gang influence, is a good offense . Just as we warn our kids against the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs before we discover evidence of such activity , we must take similar precautions and talk to our children about the dangers of gang involvement. That is, making our children aware that gang association of any kind is harmful and will not be tolerated. They need to hear it from you and know where you stand. Discuss the consequences of being in a gang. We must teach them that they should not associate with gang members, communicate with gangs , hang out where gangs congregate, wear gang-related clothing or attend event...

News Society Prisons and probation Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison' Jamie Doward , home affairs editor The Observer , Sunday May 25 2008 Article history Prison officers at one of Britain's maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, according to a confidential report obtained by The Observer. An internal review of Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire warns that staff believe a 'serious incident is imminent' as several wings become dominated by Muslim prisoners. The report, written by the Prison Service's Directorate of High Security, says there is an 'ongoing theme of fear and instability' among staff at Whitemoor, where just under a third of the 500 prisoners a...

Welcome to the Northwest Gangs website. This website was made to give general information on street gang activity in the Northwest region of the United States. Modern day street gangs have been active in the Northwest since the 1980's. Since then the Bloods, Crips, Surenos and Nortenos all made the move up here from California. Also in the 1980's the Gangster Disciple Folk Nation came to the greater Seattle-Tacoma area from Chicago, Illinois. More recently the Vice Lords and Latin Kings from Chicago’s People Nation have been showing up in our communities. Also in many communities are Skinhead, Neo-Nazi, Outlaw Motorcycle and Hybrid gangs. On here you will find listings of several hundred different gangs throughout the Northwest. Gangs in the Northwest can have as few as 3 or 4 members to a few hundred members. They come from all racial backgrounds such as Blacks, Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian and Native American. The majority of gang members are males, but female gangsters are bec...

This is an on-going urban ethnography which began as part of a sabbatical leave from California State University Northridge in June of 1996, focusing on Latino street gangs in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Currently as of October 1999 it has expanded to Albuquerque and Phoenix hoping to find solutions, to share an ever expanding body of data and literature on Latino street gangs, and to locate successful strategies for prevention and intervention with at-risk youths. The interviewing process continues although over 1200 young people both gang-affiliated and non-gang affiliated from the same socio-economic areas between the ages of 14 to 24 have already been interviewed so far. The interview examines their early school experiences between Kindergarten and 6th grade. It also inquires about their relationship with parents, why they dropped out of school (if they have), and why they think youths join gangs. Another objective of this research is to discover turning p...

There are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They have no known official affiliation with other alliances. Each group is represented in Florida's prison system population; however some are not readily recognizable. The six major prison gangs currently are: Neta Aryan Brotherhood Black Guerrilla Family Mexican Mafia La Nuestra Familia Texas Syndicate Although their numbers are small in Florida prisons, if left unmonitored they could easily develop into highly predatory groups as they have in states with comparable inmate populations. The largest prison gangs in the Florida Department of Corrections are Neta and Aryan Brotherhood. Neta Gender Makeup: Male Racial Makeup: Puerto Rican-American/ Hispanic Origin: an inmate established The Neta in 1970 in Rio Pedras Prison, Puerto Rico. It was formed to stop the violence between inmates housed in th...

by Sgt. Louis Savelli, Vice President, East Coast Gang Investigators' Association Mexican gangs have been forming in the United States for over 100 years. On the East Coast, however, Mexican gangs are a recent phenomenon. In the past several years, East Coast cities have experienced an increase in the creation of gangs consisting of Mexican nationals. There are many experts who believe the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA), enacted in 1993, which promised an increase in the national employment rate of Mexico, is partly to blame for the influx of illegal Mexican immigrants into the United States. The doubling of the unemployment rate during 1993 to 1995 and the...

1. LAPD Rampart Scandal Footage, 1999, 42 minutes -discussion with area residents about their perceptions of the LAPD in Rampart division, the 12 police officers that are under investigation and Javier Ovando, a gang member, is released from Salinas Valley Prison after an LAPD officer admitted that he was framed and convicted for a crime that he never committed by imprisoned Officer Rafael Perez. A history of LAPD police corruption from the 1920s to the 1930s is examined. The beating of Ismael Jimenez in the Rampart police station is discussed and LA Mayor and LAPD chief comments about the laws violated by LAPD officers. Nino Durden is also mentioned as a corrupt cop. Alejandro Alonso comments about the LAPD corruption and officer Rafael Perez. Gang injunctions against 18th street are put on hold. 2. Straight From the Streets, 1999, 1 hr 46 minutes A look into LA gang culture, low rider culture from the early 1990s with footage of rappers, gang members and police officers with an em...

1. Police use graffiti to solve gang crime in New York City 1995, 4 minutes The NYPD interpret gang graffiti in New York and gather intelligence from it. 2. Gangs that use bombs as weapons in Southern California, 1996, 2 minutes 3. New York Gang and Drug Problem, 1996, 2 minutes Interview with a youth who was paralyzed from selling drugs on the streets of the Bronx. 4. Path of a Bullet, 1996, 3 minutes Members of the White Fence gang in East Los Angeles talk about surviving bullet wounds. 5. Gangs in Fullerton, 1996, 6 minutes The story of a young gang member murdered in Fullerton who was trying to leave the gang. The family discusses how this individual was making changes as they read from his diary. 6. Trial against the Mexican Mafia begins by the Federal Government, 1996, 2 minutes Footage of Sana, a Mexican-Mafia leader, and clips of gang member meetings, and discussion of the trial against 11 Mexican Mafia members. 7. Footage of gang members being taken i...

1. History of the Crips in Los Angeles, 1999 - 60 minutes A story of the history of Crips in Los Angeles from their beginnings when Raymond Washington first organized Black teen in Los Angeles in 1969 2. Gullymen Posse Jamaican gang in Brooklyn New York, 1996 – 8 minutes The Gullymen (Shower Posse) from Brooklyn New York are under investigation by the FBI for drug dealing and multiple murders. The leader Eric Vassel has fled to Jamaica but the Jamaican authorities are working with the FBI to bring gang leader Vassel, and Desmond Brown into custody. (Tape #33) 3. Asian gangs on the rise in LA County and Southern California, 1996 – 19 minutes Wah Ching and the Asian mafia are discussed between LA County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tom Buds and Richard Chiang a gang researcher. Also an interview with a Wah Ching gang member. 4. Murder in Watts, 1996 – 2 minutes Innocent elderly woman Viola McKlain killed in Watts by alleged gang members in Watts near the Nickerson Gardens ho...

In Los Angeles the 18th Street gang is considered the largest gang in Los Angeles County. It is estimated that there are close to 20,000 members in Los Angeles County. Most of them are Mexican and Chicano with some Salvadorean membership and a few Blacks. Some estimates of the 18th are as low as 8,000, but this low estimate still makes them the largest gang in the county if you include all their barrios as one. The 18th Street G ang is actually a collection of several smaller gangs, making them the most fragmented gang in the County also. The individual factions can number from 50 to several hundred members each. Factions of the 18th Streets are dispersed throughout the county in San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, the South Bay, South Los Angeles, and Downtown Los Angeles just to name a few. Their strong hold and their oldest barrio is located east of the Staples center between the Harbor 110 Freeway (east) and Hoover Ave (west). There are also two significant size 18th Stree...

Introduction The MS-13 gang, aka Mara Salvatrucha 13, is one of the most violently dangerous gangs in the United States - and one of the most organized. The MS-13 gang has cliques, or factions, located throughout the United States and is unique in that it retains is ties to its El Salvador counterparts. With cliques in Washington DC, Oregon, Alaska, Arkansas, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and several other South American countries, the MS-13 gang is truly "international" and on the verge of becoming the first gang to be categorized as an "organized crime" entity. Gang members, who sport numerous tattoos on their bodies and faces, wear blue and white colors taken from the El Salvadoran flag. Their membership is estimated to total...