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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > corrections > prison gangs
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > prison gangs
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > corrections > prison gangs
social science subjects > sociology > crime and deviance > prison gangs
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > crime and deviance > prison gangs
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > specific populations > prison gangs
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > specific populations > prison gangs

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prison gangs  

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  • Prison gangs are organized groups of individuals that exist in jails and prisons at the local, state, and federal levels. Gang members often expect to go to prison sooner or later, and gang culture is often an extension of street life that is imported into the penitentiary. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Prison Gangs]

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