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Correctional facilities are experiencing the affect of gangs and their influence

on violence. Most of prison violence has been made up of folklore blaming guards.

Inmate to inmate assaults are calculated to 28 attacks per 1,000(Clear, Cole, Reisig

pg.281). These violent actions are directly related with gangs. Membership within

correctional institutions has nearly tripled since 1991.

Incarceration only has a minimal ability to disrupt violent activities related with gangs.

Affiliation of gangs increases the probability of violence and other forms of prison mis-

behavior. Prison gangs are defined as "An organization which operates within the prison

system as a self perpetuating criminally oriented entity, consisting of a select group of

inmates who have established an organized chain of command and are governed by an

established code of conduct(Peterson,pg.159). These gangs are also referred to as

security threat groups. These groups make......

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