6.1 Gang Membership
Gang membership information is established during inmate reception interviews and stored in the IOMS database.
Membership of a gang was identified for 587 or 11.5 percent of the sentenced inmates, including 21 women. Over two thirds of those individuals belonged to either the Mongrel Mob or Black Power gangs.
Table 6-1 Gang membership of sentenced inmates
|
Gang |
Female |
Male |
Total |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
Mongrel Mob |
12 |
57.1% |
194 |
34.3% |
206 |
35.1% |
|
Black Power |
5 |
23.8% |
188 |
33.2% |
193 |
32.9% |
|
Nomads |
0 |
0.0% |
25 |
4.4% |
25 |
4.3% |
|
Highway 61 |
1 |
4.8% |
16 |
2.8% |
17 |
2.9% |
|
Tribesman |
0 |
0.0% |
16 |
2.8% |
16 |
2.7% |
|
Crypts |
0 |
0.0% |
16 |
2.8% |
16 |
2.7% |
|
White Power |
0 |
0.0% |
14 |
2.5% |
14 |
2.4% |
|
Skin Heads |
0 |
0.0% |
14 |
2.5% |
14 |
2.4% |
|
Road Knights |
0 |
0.0% |
13 |
2.3% |
13 |
2.2% |
|
All Other Gangs |
3 |
14.3% |
70 |
12.4% |
73 |
12.4% |
|
Total |
21 |
100.0% |
566 |
100.0% |
587 |
100.0% |