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Category: Prison subculture

New Algorithm to End Discrimination Among Prisoners (the Ukrainian Prison Service, document)

New Algorithm to End Discrimination Among Prisoners (the Ukrainian Prison Service, document)

Dmytro YagunovEuropeInformal prisoner hierarchiesPost-Soviet StatesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUkraine
yagunov28.12.202428.12.2024

Following a visit to Ukraine in 2023 by a delegation of the CPT, one of the violations identified was the…

Murders Committed in Prisons Are a Problem in the State of Alabama

Murders Committed in Prisons Are a Problem in the State of Alabama

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov26.12.202426.12.2024

Joshua Hamer, 41, died on November 23 after he was assaulted and sustained serious injuries at Bibb Correctional Facility in…

Prison Subculture in Ukrainian Prisons: Khmelnytskyi City District Court of Khmelnytskyi Region, Case № 686/23494/21

Prison Subculture in Ukrainian Prisons: Khmelnytskyi City District Court of Khmelnytskyi Region, Case № 686/23494/21

Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPost-Soviet StatesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUkraine
yagunov20.12.202420.12.2024

O.K., is accused of being in the Khmelnytskyi Pre-trial Detention Center for a long period of time, on suspicion of…

United States of America v. Wilson and Williamson

United States of America v. Wilson and Williamson

BloodsDmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov19.12.202419.12.2024

The cardinal rule of membership in the street gang known as the Bloods was to retaliate against anyone who “disrespected”…

State of Tennessee v. Jeremy Reynolds: the Gangster Disciples

State of Tennessee v. Jeremy Reynolds: the Gangster Disciples

Dmytro YagunovFolk NationGangster DisciplesInformal prisoner hierarchiesPeople NationPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov19.12.202419.12.2024

Twenty-year-old Wendell Washington (“the victim”) arrived home between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m. on the night of May 5, 2013. He…

United States of America v. Franklin and Houston: the El Rukns

United States of America v. Franklin and Houston: the El Rukns

Dmytro YagunovEl RuknInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov18.12.202418.12.2024

In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on August 7, 1997, J.L. Houston and Eddie…

United States v. Andrews: the El Rukns

United States v. Andrews: the El Rukns

Dmytro YagunovEl RuknInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov18.12.202418.12.2024

According to the indictment, each of the moving defendants was associated with the El Rukns, a purportedly infamous Chicago-based street…

People v. Fields, People v. Hawkins: the El Rukn

People v. Fields, People v. Hawkins: the El Rukn

Dmytro YagunovEl RuknInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov18.12.202418.12.2024

Anthony Sumner, a former El Rukn gang member, testified that he spoke with defendant Hawkins at Hawkins’ home several days…

United States v. Boyd: the King Cobras, the El Rukn

United States v. Boyd: the King Cobras, the El Rukn

Dmytro YagunovEl RuknInformal prisoner hierarchiesKing CobrasPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov17.12.202418.12.2024

We have before us a variety of motions filed by defendants convicted of serious charges stemming from their involvement in…

Toussaint v. McCarthy: the Black Guerrilla Family, the Mexican Mafia

Toussaint v. McCarthy: the Black Guerrilla Family, the Mexican Mafia

Black Guerilla FamilyDmytro YagunovHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesMexican MafiaPrevention of torturePrison and street gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureUSA
yagunov17.12.202417.12.2024

On November 14, 1983, Tiers 4 and 5 of Building 1, Section A were in use as an “Emergency Housing…

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