Security Threat Groups, also referred to as gangs are either an formal or informal group of prison inmates who set up either by race or by their beliefs. The evolution of gangs have developed a threat to the safety of prison officials and other inmates. Some of the major security threat groups include the Aryan Brotherhood, The Klu Klux Klan, The Folks, The Nation of Islam, and MS13. Groups within the correctional facilities are categorized as STGs depending upon parameters such as gang history, purpose, involvement in illegal activities, propensity for violence, and its structure and composition.
The Aryan Brotherhood, also known as The Brand, Alice Baker, AB or One-Two, is one of the nation’s oldest major white supremacist prison gang and …show more content…
The group was founded by Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord. The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the most infamous - and oldest - of American hate groups. African American were the primary major target of the Klan’s, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, gays and lesbians and, until recently, Catholics. The Klan has typically seen itself as a Christian organization, although in modern times Klan groups are motivated by a variety of theological and political ideologies. At the end of the civil war the Klan’s started their reconstruction and quickly mobilized as a vigilante group to intimidate southern- black and any whites who helped them , their purpose was to prevent them from enjoying basic civil rights. Bobby Person of Moore County, North Carolina, was the intended victim of this Klan terrorism. 53 After working for years as a state prison guard, he finally mustered the courage to apply to take the sergeant’s examination. No black had ever held an officer’s position in this prison unit. “Peaceful change ... is no longer possible. There should be no doubt that all means short of armed conflict have been exhausted.”(Louis Beam,
The Aryan Brotherhood, also known as The Brand, Alice Baker, AB or One-Two, is one of the nation’s oldest major white supremacist prison gang and …show more content…
The group was founded by Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord. The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the most infamous - and oldest - of American hate groups. African American were the primary major target of the Klan’s, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, gays and lesbians and, until recently, Catholics. The Klan has typically seen itself as a Christian organization, although in modern times Klan groups are motivated by a variety of theological and political ideologies. At the end of the civil war the Klan’s started their reconstruction and quickly mobilized as a vigilante group to intimidate southern- black and any whites who helped them , their purpose was to prevent them from enjoying basic civil rights. Bobby Person of Moore County, North Carolina, was the intended victim of this Klan terrorism. 53 After working for years as a state prison guard, he finally mustered the courage to apply to take the sergeant’s examination. No black had ever held an officer’s position in this prison unit. “Peaceful change ... is no longer possible. There should be no doubt that all means short of armed conflict have been exhausted.”(Louis Beam,