Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America's streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970's. Working together, their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure, a constitution, bylaws, mission statement, or some identifiable tenets guiding their activities. However, with experience, staff began to realize that …showed first 75 words of 2879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2879 total…future. As a result of their imprisonment, gang members from different cities within the same state will have an opportunity to meet. If they are of the same race or ethnicity, they may join forces with gangs they would never have had the chance to meet with on the street. Also, what happens when they return to the streets? Will they bring their new alliances to the gangs from which they were taken when arrested?