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While working on his documentary, Christopher Rufo realized that the ideology of prison gangs that led to racial ...

Testifying today before the house judiciary committee, attorney general merrick garland pushed back on a "wall street journal" report that he told other justice department officials that he is concerned that jailing some january 6 insurrectionists could further radicalize them. >> my recollection of this is in a completely different context. that is i worry that there will be radicalization in the bureau of prisons when people are -- and this is radicalization has occurred with prison gangs, wit...

General garland, do you believe that such statements are appropriate to make up for overseeing these prosecutions? >> i dont know where that report comes from. my recollection of this in a completely different context and this is radicalization that has occurred with prison gangs and white supremacists and radical middle eastern groups and prisons. i was concerned that the bureau of prisons have a procedure for ensuring that the radicalization does not spread across prison populations. >> genera...

The officials said the violence involved gunfire, knives and explosions and was caused by a dispute between the Los Lobos and Los Choneros prison gangs.

Gangs or cliques made up of law enforcement officers are accused of carrying out shootings and violence for initiations, writes Andrew Buncombe

Excess COVID cases just latest of major systemic problems in Md. prisons Photo from Division of Correction FY 2019 annual report By Phil Caroom The COVID-pandemic has exposed major systemic problems in Maryland’s prisons that have been ignored for years. Let’s compare the population and COVID impacts on two populations: Area 20.8% With a population half of Central Annapolis, the prison infection rate is roughly three times that of the state’s capitol. And these statistics exclude the huge...

Range. execution style. all this, led investigators to think that this could be an organized crime hit. >> rumors are sweeping the town. talk of mexican drug cartels and prison gangs. >> we are open to every avenue right now. >> reporter: nbcs channel five in dallas covered the case from the beginning and the reporter ken kaltoff was there for it all. >> mexican drug cartels were suspect immediately because he had been involved in drug cases over the years. >> reporter: and investigators also su...

You dont know the report were talking about? roughly 20 days ago? for your safety? no, someone else was in fair view. fear of you. you dont know about that? the report says that this guy fears that you and a bunch of other inmates are basically strong arming him and other inmates within the unit and that youre ex-mexican mafia. the problem with this report is you also have a history of being identified as a gang member in the past. >> im not -- >> i understand that but why would this inmate say ...

We couldnt tell what was going on with the other units. if we keep them all locked down. so it gives the cops a chance to see how the other inmates are interacting with each other. it gives the cops a chance to interact with the other inmates. it isnt like that all the time. its just how you conduct yourself among the inmates and how the inmates perceive your actions. but at any given time, at any given moment, something could go wrong. all it takes is just something to let it off and it becomes...

His time and going home, robert has assaulted more than a dozen inmates, lengthening his original sentence. >> because of all of them assaults, my points again rose to a level four inmate. and the classification committee decided to give me a indeterdeter indeterminate cshu term, and put me up with a aryan brotherhood member, and that began my life as a prison gang. >> the aryan brotherhood used robert to carry out their dirty work. >> prison gangs involved everything from stabbings, killings, d...