Essays on Nuestra Familia

Nuestra Familia is an American-Mexican organization of criminals operating both in an outside prison and they originate in California. The prison gang carries out thousands of criminal activities in California. Some of the criminal activities that assist them to earn income include distribution of drugs such as heroin, Methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana both in prisons and community. The gang came into existence in 1968 as a separation of California state prison system. During this time, the system separated into two gangs namely Nuestra Familia and Mexican Mafia the two gangs were and still are enemies (Morales n.p). The gang ...

Nuestra Familia is a criminal organisation of Chicano or Mexican prison gang with origins in North California. Today, it is described as the California’s worst Hispanic prison gangs that has gotten the opportunity to develop both within and outside the state’s prison system. Fundamentally, this group of gangs started at vocational institution at the state of California with an initial name of La Familia in September 1967. Eventually, La Neustria Familia became the new name of the organization after the gang founders decided to change the name. In reality, many Americans view this gang group as closely ...

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Prison gang is different from a street gang in that its primary aim is to secure the prisoners from being hurt by other prisoners or by the wardens (Voeten, 2013, n. p.). However, as the history shows, the prison gangs have altered their original targets and now they are getting control over the system of law outside the prison. The most threatening of all prison gangs is the Mexican Mafia, also called La Eme (the Spanish letter "m") (Valdemar, 2010, n. p.), which appeared in the 1950s (Morales, 2008, n. p.). What ...

Gangs have continued to grow and spread in many American cities and counties. This occurrence has been paralleled by the growth of gangs in American prisons. Researchers reported that the boundaries between prison gangs and the community have become harder to identify because the gangs have become more sophisticated, and are a threat not only to the institutional security, but to the public safety, as well. According to a survey conducted by the National Gang Crime Research Center, in 1999, members of gangs in prisons and jails increased from 9.4%, in 1991, to 24.7%, in 1999. Other studies reported a smaller proportion ...