prison gang
Cellblock criminal alliance
A prison gang is an organized group formed within a correctional facility, typically along racial or ethnic lines, that operates through violence, intimidation, and criminal enterprise.
Major prison gangs like the Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Mafia, and Black Guerrilla Family extend their influence beyond prison walls.
Members often bear identifying tattoos and follow strict codes of loyalty: He joined a prison gang for protection.
- shankLower leg segment
- convictJailed offender after trial
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- inmateConfined facility resident
- violenceHarmful physical force
cellblock · lockup · racial segregation · race riot · crew · warden · debriefing · peckerwood · green light · hit list · cell · sentence · contraband · shiv · extortion · foot soldier · enforcer · Crips
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, warden, cellmate
- prisonsinmates, cells, penitentiary, guards, Alcatraz
- criminal groupsmafia, cartel, mob, syndicate, crime family
- jailinmate, inmates, cells, cell block, cellblock
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- Latin crimedrug trafficking, drug cartel, kidnapping, human trafficking, organized crime
prison ganglaw enforcement agency
Body that upholds statutes
police union · prison administration · parole board · neighborhood watch · community patrol
prison gangreentry program
Post-release rehabilitation support
support group · mutual aid society · rehabilitation program · prison ministry · halfway house
prison, gang, prisons, prisoner, prisoners, imprison, imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisonment