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Gangs that live by the blood in and blood out, meaning you can only get into abt by carrying out some attack and similarly or so it said, you can only leave in a body bag. authorities say the main it were was about whites in prison to criminal activities like drugs, extortion and murder. the reach extended outside the prison walls as more members served out sentence. the abt members are required not only to remain loyal, but recruit new members. >> firebombs or drug trafficking and murder are al...

Warden, prison warden, and now a prison consultant. thank you very much for joining me on this very distressing topic. i wanted to get your background with the aryan brotherhood of texas. we heard the southern poverty law center saying they dont get any more dangerous than this. its the most violent gang are. they as violent outside the prisons as they are inside, or do we even know that yet? >> well, having studied them for over 30 years, they are a violent prison gang. i would dispute that the...

Carrying out some kind of attack. and similarly or so its said, you can only leave in a body bag. >> reporter: and like the larger aryan brotherhood movement, authorities say the abts main purpose turned from protecting whites in prison to criminal activities like drugs, extortion, and murder. and its reach began to extend outside the prison walls as more members served out their sentences. abt members on parole are required not only to remain loyal to the gang but also to recruit new members. >...

Served out sentence. the abt members are required not only to remain loyal, but recruit new members. >> firebombs or drug trafficking and murder are all part of abts alleged standard operating procedures. last november 34 were indicted on federal racketeering charges, more than half of the gang members were operating outside of prison. >> the aryan brotherhood of texas as one can imagine from the name absolutely has a white supremacist ideology. but the bottom line is that at the end of the day,...

>> most seek safety in numbers, the aryan brotherhood remains an exclusive crew. only the most cunning may enter the brands privileged ranks much. >> inmates asked for permission to start the chapter. the law center said they were denied membership. it didnt seem to matter why. they followed the california model. >> it is said to be one of the gangs that live by the blood in and blood out, meaning you can only get into abt by carrying out some attack and similarly or so it said, you can only lea...

To start the chapter. the law center said they were denied membership. it didnt seem to matter why. they followed the california model. >> it is said to be one of the gangs that live by the blood in and blood out, meaning you can only get into abt by carrying out some attack and similarly or so it said, you can only leave in a body bag. authorities say the main it were was about whites in prison to criminal activities like drugs, extortion and murder. the reach extended outside the prison walls ...

Of texas, the abt. considered one of the most dangerous gangs in the state with roots inside the walls of the texas prison system. >> i think they are in brotherhood of texas today -- the aryan brotherhood of texas today is arguably the most violent white supremacist gang out there. >> reporter: the abt modeled itself after a california-based prison gang called the aryan brotherhood who were the subject of this "national geographic" documentary. >> while most gangs seek safety in numbers, the ar...

Racketeering conspiracy charges in houston. and the kaufman district attorneys office is part of a multi-jurisdictional federally led operation that was huge against the aryan brotherhood of texas that came down in november of 2012. also remember of all the domestic extremist groups, according to the adl, there aryan brotherhood of texas has killed the most people over the last decade or so, were talking about a very violent group that looks for revenge. we have an ongoing case of which the kauf...

Hasse was murdered federal, state and local law enforcement officers obviously assumed it had something to do with their professional responsibilities as prosecutors and began gathering up possible cases that might have led someone to get angry enough or frustrated enough at this attorneys office to literally kill people. and those cases include some that were conducted against members of the aryan brotherhood of texas, a prison-based gang and also has members on the outside that do a lot of cri...

Hasse was murdered federal, state and local law enforcement officers obviously assumed it had something to do with their professional responsibilities as prosecutors and began gathering up possible cases that might have led someone to get angry enough or frustrated enough at this attorneys office to literally kill people. and those cases include some that were conducted against members of the aryan brotherhood of texas, a prison-based gang and also has members on the outside that do a lot of cri...