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GANG MANAGEMENT

GANG MANAGEMENT. 1.1. A Clear and Present Danger. A large amount of prison violence and crime is attributable to gangs although less than ten percent of CDCR offenders are members of prison gangs.

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GANG MANAGEMENT

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  1. GANG MANAGEMENT 1.1

  2. A Clear and Present Danger • A large amount of prison violence and crime is attributable to gangs although less than ten percent of CDCR offenders are members of prison gangs. • Gang members and affiliates threaten, terrorize, and commit a multitude of offenses against departmental staff, peace officers, and other offenders. • Custody staff know from experience that gang members and their criminal activities are a continuous threat to staff, and are a clear and present danger to institutional safety, security, and public order. 1.2

  3. Staff Responsibility It is the responsibility of all staff to watchfor, identify, record, and report gang-related activity. 1.3

  4. CCR, Title 15, Crime Prevention & Corrections, §3271, Responsibility of Employees Staff Responsibility Every employee, regardless of assignment, is responsible for the safe custody of the offenders confined in the institutions of the Department. 1.4

  5. Staff Responsibility California Penal Code, Section 422.91 (b) Staff shall strive to provide offenders with safe environments in which they are not pressured to join gangs or hate groups and do not feel a need to join them in self-defense. 1.5

  6. Intervention Strategy Using effective observation techniques, intelligence gathering, and information sharing, staff will maintain control; disrupt the gang system, gang influence and unlawful criminal activity. Suppression of gang activity equals staff safety! The most effective strategy is to maintain vigilance, andrecognize, record, andreportgang activity. 1.6

  7. Intervention Strategy Recognize gang activity! Record gang activity! Report gang activity! If you don’t record and report, you undermine our efforts to suppress gang activity. 1.7

  8. Suppression of gang activity equals officer safety! Deputy Sheriff with five inch slash inflicted by an Aryan Brotherhood offender who drew the picture seen here. 1.8

  9. Gang Any ongoing formal or informal organization, association or group of threeormore persons which has a commonname or identifying sign or symbol whose members and/or associates, individually or collectively, engage or have engaged, onbehalfof that organization, association or group, in twoormoreacts which include, planning, organizing, threatening, financing, soliciting, or committing unlawful acts of misconduct classified as serious in CCR, §3315. CCR, Title 15, Chapter 1— Rules and Regulations, Division 3, Section 3000 2.1

  10. Prison Gang Any gang that originated, and has its roots within our Department, or any other prison system. CCR, Section 3000 2.2

  11. Street Gang Street gang as defined in CCR §3000 is a gang except that it did not originate in a prison. Street gangs do, however, interact, do business, and ally with prison gangs. The impact of street gangs on the prison environment is significant. 2.3

  12. STREET GANGS/DISRUPTIVE GROUPS A disruptive group is any gang other than a prison gang. • Surenos • Nortenos • Skinheads • Crips • Bloods • Fresno Bulldogs • Wah Ching • 415s (KUMI) 2.4

  13. Gang Activity Gang activity is any behavior that publicizes and promotes the gang’s name recognition, advances and furthers the gang’s influence and control, or provides or attains financial resources. • Calling roll • Displaying tattoos • Sagging • Flagging • Displaying hand signs • Evading mail procedures • Violating telephone procedures • Participating in gang riots • Manipulating housing or cell assignments • Collecting rent 2.5

  14. Gang Organization • Leader or Shot-Caller • Member • Associate or Affiliate • Dropout • Inactive 3.1

  15. Prison Gang Influence • Prison gangs are dominant over street gangs and disruptive groups. • Prison gangs use street gang members as soldiers to commit crimes and acts of violence on behalf of the gang. These street gang members are subservient to the prison gangs and are willing to do whatever the gang asks of them. These soldiers commit these acts with the hopes that one day they will be embraced by the gang and asked to become a member. For some street gang members it is a life long dream to join a prison gang. 3.2

  16. Prison Gang Influence • Street gang members often associate with prison gang members to gain membership to the prison organization. • A single prison gang member may have enough influence and control to single-handedly run a yard. • Prison gangs may, outside the knowledge of staff, set the rules in the housing units and work areas. 3.3

  17. MEMBERSHIP IDENTIFIERS • Shared Values • Gang Colors • Gang Signs & Symbols • Alliances and Rivalries 3.4

  18. PRISON GANGS • Mexican Mafia (La EME) • Nuestra Familia (NF) • Northern Structure (NS)/Nuestra Raza (NR) • Aryan Brotherhood (AB) • Nazi Low Riders (NLR) • Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) • Texas Syndicate (TS) 4.1

  19. LA EME The Mexican Mafia 4.2 5.1

  20. La Mano Negra (the black hand) La EME founders 4.3

  21. La EME 4.4

  22. La EME Photos Benjamin “Topo” Peters at his death “Cheko” Maravilla Runs things in LA County Jail “Muskie” The Gymnast “Sana” runs La Eme in Orange County “Champ” runs La Eme within the Federal System Joe Morgan at his death 4.5 Circ 2002

  23. Nuestra Familia (NF) 4.6

  24. Nuestra Familia 4.7

  25. Nuestra Familia 4.8

  26. Northern Structure (NR) 4.9

  27. Northern Structure/Nuestra Raza 4.10

  28. Northern Structure/Nuestra Raza 4.11

  29. Nuestra Raza On March 7, 1997, an NR member (Casteneda) was killed (execution style) one day after being released from prison. His body was found in an artichoke field near Castroville (Monterey County) with a bullet wound in the back of his head and another in his left eye. His hands had been arranged to reflect the hand sign for 14, which symbolizes a Northern California Hispanic gang member and may have been done to show that his assailants were NR. It is also believed by a Law Enforcement gang specialist that this homicide was sanctioned by the NR and was ordered because the individual had refused to assault his brother, an NR dropout. 4.12

  30. ARYAN BROTHERHOOD (AB) 4.13

  31. Aryan Brotherhood 4.14

  32. Aryan Brotherhood 4.15

  33. NAZI LOW RIDERS (NLR) 4.16

  34. Nazi Low Riders 4.17

  35. Adolph Hitler Nazi Low Riders 44 4.18

  36. Nazi Low Riders 4.19

  37. Black Guerilla Family Photos from a failed courtroom escape by a BGF member 4.20

  38. Black Family Guerrilla 4.21

  39. Black Guerrilla Family 276=BGF 4.22

  40. Texas Syndicate (TS) “Panchito” Gonzales Leader 4.23 “Panchito”

  41. Street Gangs/Disruptive Groups • Sureños • Norteños • Skin Heads • Crips • Bloods • 415s (KUMI) • Asian Gangs • Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs • Fresno Bulldogs 4.24

  42. 415s (Kumi) Leader: Leonard Fulgham a.k.a. ”Mousey Brown” • San Francisco Area Code 415 • Philosophy similar to BGF • Primary recruiting source for BGF • Aligned with Bloods • Attempting to legitimize their organization 4.25

  43. Asian Gangs • Wah Ching 4.26

  44. MANAGEMENT OF GANGS • Prison gangs threaten the welfare and security of the prisons. • Prison gang members must be segregated to promote harmony and to minimize criminal activity within the institution. • Security Housing Units are used to manage and control validated members and associates. 5.1

  45. Observation and Surveillance • Associations and Contacts • Clothing • Leaders / Shot Callers • Nonverbal Communication and Behavior • Overt Behavior • Exercise Yards (Group exercises called “the machine”) • Vehicles and Transports 5.2

  46. Reporting Gang Activity Staff Responsibility Whenever you observe activities that you recognize as gang-related based on your knowledge, experience and training, you must document the situation and submit your report to the Institutional Gang Investigator or Gang Coordinator via your supervisor. That is your responsibility. Failure to report any activities that may seem insignificant to you could result in catastrophic injuries to you, other staff, or offenders 5.3

  47. Reporting Gang Activity Criminal Gang Activity Whenever you observe criminal activity, you are duty-bound to intervene, report it and document it. If you suspect that the crime is gang-related, document your suspicions and forward them to the IGI via your supervisor If you ignore the commission of a crime, you are certainly vulnerable to exploitation by offenders, and place yourself at serious risk for disciplinary action to the extent of termination, and criminal and civil penalties. 5.4

  48. Staff Actions Suppressing Gang Activity • Observation • Documentation If it appears that an offender’s activity requires immediate attention, notify your supervisor as soon as possible. 6.1

  49. REPORTING PROTOCOLS 1. Urgentdefines activity that is an imminent or immediate threat to the safety of a person or persons and/or to the safety and security of the institution. 2. Less than Urgent defines all information that should be reported but is not determined by the officer to require immediate attention or intervention. 6.2

  50. To validate a member means to confirm that the individual is in fact in a gang or is a gang member. The information must: Validation • Be derived from three independent sources one of which must be current; that is, within the last six years; and • 2. Show a direct link to another validated gang member. 7.1

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