Title: Recognizing and Controlling Security Threat Groups
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Content: Security Threat Groups” are still a threat to the overall safety and security of our prisons. Many of our prisons and jails have excellent mission statements and policies and procedures in place related to prison gangs/security threat groups. These programs are in place to track and record threat groups and members. If a prison or jail has limited resources and is struggling to implement security threat group awareness; there are ample amount of agencies at the city, county, state, and federal levels willing to assist and share important information. It is more important than ever to implement security threat group awareness. The institution must recognize a gang problem and/or potential gang problem exists. Corrections personnel also must be aware of reasons why inmates join these security threat groups. These can consist of protection, viewing the gang as family, a need to belong and/or be accepted, means of support, want to control their environment, etc. This is part of the ongoing security threat group awareness process.