Do any interracial prison gangs exist?

While criminal street gangs may be interracial while being active on the streets, especially in America's small cities, I have not heard of an interracial prison gang. read more

While criminal street gangs may be interracial while being active on the streets, especially in America's small cities, I have not heard of an interracial prison gang. In our town, 175 miles west of Chicago, we saw white kids and Asian kids joining the Vice Lords and the Gangster Disciples, predominantly black gangs. read more

Street alliances are often glossed over or changed, to some degree, inside. Whereby people who would actually be from rival sets or actual rival gangs on the street, in prison become allies based on common race or prison gang situations. read more

Skarbek argues convincingly that the purpose of prison gangs is to make and enforce rules, and that gangs are, on balance, a good thing. The rise of prison gangs Prisons are made up of groups of people and therefore need rules. read more