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Category: Prison and street gangs

David et al. v. Michael Lane et al.: Discrimination against White Prisoners While in Protective Custody

David et al. v. Michael Lane et al.: Discrimination against White Prisoners While in Protective Custody

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

Plaintiffs-appellants (plaintiffs), four white inmates at Illinois’ Pontiac Correctional Center (Pontiac), instituted this class action on behalf of themselves and…

Donald Trump Opened Plans on Migrants, Including Members of Prison Gangs

Donald Trump Opened Plans on Migrants, Including Members of Prison Gangs

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureTren de AraguaUSA
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

Donald Trump’s reported plan to deport the more than 800,000 migrants, including members of the brutal prison gang Tren de Aragua,…

The US v. Silverstein: Self-Incriminating Testimony in the Case of the Murder of an Inmate by Members of a Prison Gang

The US v. Silverstein: Self-Incriminating Testimony in the Case of the Murder of an Inmate by Members of a Prison Gang

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

These appeals by Thomas Silverstein, Clayton Fountain, Edgar Hevle, and Adolph Reynosa from their convictions for complicity in the murder…

People v. Lamb: Public Enemy Number One

People v. Lamb: Public Enemy Number One

Aryan-Power Prison GangsDmytro YagunovNazi-Affiliated Prison GangsPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subculturePublic Enemy Number OneUSA
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

A white supremacist gang Public Enemy Number One (PEN1) had become one of the fastest growing white racist gangs in Southern California…

The Prison Officers’ Association: Staff Facing Unprecedented Levels of Threats from Gangs

The Prison Officers’ Association: Staff Facing Unprecedented Levels of Threats from Gangs

Dmytro YagunovEuropeInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureScotlandUK
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

In a letter to the Justice Committee, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said they faced “challenging and dangerous” conditions in…

State v. Farmer: the Aryan Brotherhood

State v. Farmer: the Aryan Brotherhood

Aryan BrotherhoodAryan-Power Prison GangsDmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesNazi-Affiliated Prison GangsPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov07.12.202407.12.2024

Racial violence at the state prison began to increase in September of 1977. A group of prisoners known as the Aryan…

Aryan Brotherhood Leader Accused of Attempting to Murder Two Prison Guards

Aryan Brotherhood Leader Accused of Attempting to Murder Two Prison Guards

Aryan BrotherhoodAryan-Power Prison GangsDmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesNazi-Affiliated Prison GangsPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov06.12.202406.12.2024

Months after he was convicted of ordering murders throughout the California prison system, Ronald Dean Yandell, 62, an imprisoned leader of the…

The US v. Barry Mills: the Aryan Brotherhood

The US v. Barry Mills: the Aryan Brotherhood

Aryan BrotherhoodAryan-Power Prison GangsDmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesNazi-Affiliated Prison GangsPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov06.12.202407.12.2024

The Aryan Brotherhood is a white supremacist prison gang. It originally was organized as a defensive organization during the prison racial…

Flanagan v. the State of Nevada:  the Aryan Brotherhood

Flanagan v. the State of Nevada:  the Aryan Brotherhood

Aryan BrotherhoodAryan-Power Prison GangsDmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesNazi-Affiliated Prison GangsPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov06.12.202427.12.2024

The Dawson court framed the question presented on appeal as “whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the introduction in a capital…

Do Criminal Gangs Control Britain’s Prisons?

Do Criminal Gangs Control Britain’s Prisons?

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUK
yagunov06.12.202406.12.2024

Britain’s prisons are effectively under the control of serious organised crime groups, two former prison governors have warned. ITV News…

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