Thriving Behind Bars: American Prison Gangs

Aside from the gang culture so prevalent within American communities, there are six major prison gangs recognized nationally for organized crime and violence.

 

Many correctional institutions monitor the activities of gang life very carefully.  The Florida Department of Corrections identified all of these major gangs as being present within their system and comprised a highly educational web site report:

1. Neta
2. Aryan Brotherhood
3. Black Guerrilla Family
4. Mexican Mafia
5. La Nuestra Familia
6. Texas Syndicate

Read More from the Florida Department of Corrections:

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison.html