What are the 7 prison gangs in California?

7 Prison gangs in California are: 1.Aryan Brotherhood-formed in 1964 by white inmates to protect against violent black gang members, it eventually formed into a major drug trafficking and racketeering organization that controls all other white gangs in California and is in many federal facilities as well. read more

Nuestra Familia, another Latino gang, developed in Soledad Prison in the 1960s, largely to protect younger Northern California inmates from members of the Mexican Mafia. Like La EME, Nuestra Familia has built close alliances with street gangs in its members' home communities. read more

It was established in direct response to the other California prison gangs (notably the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia (#3)), which were attempting to prey on native Texas inmates. The Texas Syndicate has about 20,000 members in prisons and jails state-wide, with more on the outside. read more