Canada - Rise in prison gangs fuelling violence, drug trade

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Rise in prison gangs fuelling violence, drug trade
Kathleen Harris
CBC
October 24th, 2012

Canada's prison system is grappling with an explosion of gangs that is fuelling violence and the drug trade behind bars and crime on the street, according to documents obtained by CBC News Network's Power & Politics.

Corrections Canada has seen a 44 per cent jump in gang members in federal prisons in the last five years, to 2,040 in 2012 from 1,421 in 2007, according to the documents obtained under access to information.

The records show a big jump in aboriginal gangs, especially in the Prairies.

The documents say there are 54 different types of gangs now identified in institutions across the country. The biggest spike is in street gangs, which have swelled by 269 per cent since 2000.

While many members were affiliated before their incarceration, gangs "aggressively recruit" within the penitentiaries to strengthen their powerbase behind bars.
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OK this isn't surprising. Yeah you can even find drugs in prisons, and there's organized crime there too but it's everywhere and in all countries.
 
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I was in prison in the UK during 1989 and 1990 for just over a year, luckily I got out on my parole date or I would had to serve over 3 years.
At that time there wasn't really a problem with gangs in prison at all.
But now when I speak to friends who have served time recently they say there is a fair bit of gang trouble going on.
There are different black gangs that don't get on with each other as they carry on their 'beef' from the outside.
There are also muslim gangs which keep to themselves and it just seems the white guys just get on with it but without being known as a gang as such.
I am glad I'm not banged up these days.
 
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