prison gangs

Prison Writers Staff2021-04-17T14:35:30-04:00Featured Article, Fellow Inmates, Race|

A Primer On “White Power” Gangs in Prison

When you’re white and you end up in California’s prison system, you have to join a white power gang. You don’t have a choice if you want to survive. The gang will protect you from trouble, as long as you’re white and don’t have a bad “jacket” (meaning you have a sex offender charge, a reputation for being a rat, or a few other things).

By Anonymous

Prison Writers Staff2021-02-15T11:39:43-05:00Violence & Corruption|

Prison Gangs in New York: This Explains Everything

I got out of the Bloods. I realized that it is virtually impossible to consider someone your "brother" without the visceral love that comes with such, which is to say the prevailing emotion one feels in a prison gang is fear.

By Justin Hightower

Prison Writers Staff2021-07-02T12:16:01-04:00Daily Survival, Going to Prison, Violence & Corruption|

Life in Prison When Prison Gangs Run the Show

Most people join gangs just to be accepted or needed. Or they want the feeling that they’re someone important. Or they want to be a part of something because they really had no real friends growing up.

By Antwaun Johnson

Asst. Editor2021-01-17T08:40:07-05:00Prison Love and Sex|

Prison Chain-Gang Mating Rituals

Courtesy of Charles Norman Big Willie Taylor came to my cell one evening after supper with a question. I knew it was a question because he never came to my cell unless he had a question that stumped [...]

By Charles Norman

Prison Writers Staff2021-01-24T09:35:03-05:00Editor's Choice, Violence & Corruption|

All About Gangs in Florida From A “Lifer” Who’s Seen It All

Two young men recently asked me, “What gang are you in?” “I’m in a one-man gang,” I said. “The Norman gang.” I am an “old-timer.” The fact that I have survived over 36 years in Florida’s worst prisons without [...]

By Charles Norman

Prison Writers Staff2020-12-06T12:25:28-05:00Daily Survival|

Prison Gangs, Politics And Other Problems

"So how's Club Fed?" someone once asked me during a phone call home. For those who don't know, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has a reputation of providing plush environments for convicted criminals to serve their debts to society, hence [...]

By Whitney Smith