Editing Gang (section)

===Prison===
[[Prison gangs]] are formed inside prisons and correctional facilities for mutual protection and entrancement like the [[Mexican Mafia]] and [[United Blood Nation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prisoncommission.org/statements/fleisher_mark_s.pdf |title=Societal and Correctional Context of Prison Gangs |work=source <!-- |access-date=2009 --> |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015211916/http://prisoncommission.org/statements/fleisher_mark_s.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-15 }}</ref><ref name="urlWe spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – heres what they said about life behind bars | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder">{{cite web |url=https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2020/04/03/we-spoke-hundreds-prison-gang-members-heres-what-they-said-about-life-behind-bars |title=We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – here's what they said about life behind bars &#124; Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine &#124; University of Colorado Boulder |date=3 April 2020 |format= |accessdate=}}</ref> Prison gangs often have several "affiliates" or "chapters" in different state prison systems that branch out due to the movement or transfer of their members.<ref name="Hagedorn 12"/> According to criminal justice professor [[John Hagedorn]], many of the biggest gangs from Chicago originated from prisons. From the [[Illinois Department of Corrections|St. Charles Illinois Youth Center]] originated the Conservative Vice Lords and Blackstone Rangers. Although the majority of gang leaders from Chicago are now incarcerated, most of those leaders continue to manage their gangs from within prison.<ref name="Hagedorn 12">{{harvnb|Hagedorn|2008|p=12}}</ref>