Street Gangs: The Prison Connection

The influence of criminal street gang members on our prison system and back into our communities is discussed in this course to include methods which can be used to identify, monitor and manage these gang members as a security threat group. The relationship of gang members in prison with their local street gangs is emphasized to include intelligence, communications and criminal activities (drugs, violence, extortion) in prison and on the streets.  This class is recommended for both Law Enforcement and Department of Corrections personnel.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define the term Security Threat Group(s) and the relationship to criminal street gangs.
• Understand the function and services which can be provided by a Prison Gang Intelligence Unit, enhancing law enforcement's ability to investigate illegal drug trafficking and related criminal street gang activities beyond the prison walls.
• Develop skills to identify street gang and/or STG members based on common identifiers, symbols, tattoos, graffiti, behavior, and physical evidence.
• Develop an understanding of the threat and propensity towards violence that these groups and their members pose to correctional staff, inmates/offenders, law enforcement and members of the community.

To register for a class, call the contact listed with that class below:

	Course Schedule and Contacts
Date Class ID Location Contact Name Contact Phone 4/18/2011 14002 ELKRIDGE, MD RUTH PHILLIPS (301)489-1751 5/23/2011 14012 MERIDEN, CT GEORGE MILLER (203)427-2626

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