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STG
Title: STG
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2955 | Pages: 12.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
STG
Security Threat Groups
One of the major problems of corrections today is the security threat group or more commonly known as the “prison gang”. A security threat group (S.T.G.) can be defined as any group of offenders who pose a treat to the security and physical safety of the institution. “ Throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, prison gangs focused primarily on uniting inmates for self protection and the monopolization of illegal prison activities for …showed first 75 words of 2955 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2955 total…has a long sentence and needs the protection to make his time easy. Gang member rates are rising in the state jail system where the maximum sentence is usually two years. Deciding to join one of the prison gangs is a life altering decision. When one enters, they not only endanger themselves, but also family and friends. As it is stated in many of the by-laws, “blood in, blood out”-membership is for life.
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