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Facilities in Virginia and ______ have seen increases in their MS-13 population, of nearly 30% in just the past 2 years.

A) Texas
B) New York
C) Maryland
D) North Carolina

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Which gang evolved in the California Youth Authority, the state agency responsible for the incarceration and parole supervision of juvenile and young adult offenders, in the late 1970s or early 1980s as a gang for Caucasian inmates?

A) Nazi Low Riders
B) Bloods
C) Crips
D) Barrio Azteca

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The Barrio Azteca maintains strong ties to the Aryan Brotherhood and, like the older gang, has become a source of violence and criminal activity in prison.

The term convict boss is applied to a correctional officer who has developed a keen understanding of convict logic and socialization and uses that knowledge to maximize control over his or her assigned post.

In addition to the physical security of a facility, there are many psychological tactics that can be used to control gang activity.

What has the introduction of women into the security ranks of a prison done?

What term refers to those inmates and/or gang members who dictate what members will do within the gang hierarchy?

Which prison gang has mostly Caucasian members and is highly structured with two factions--one in the California Department of Corrections and the other in the Federal Bureau of Prisons?

Which prison gang was founded in San Quentin State Prison, California, in 1966 and is highly organized along paramilitary lines, with a supreme leader and central committee?

Utilizing electronic equipment for identification, storage, and retrieval is essential to maintaining an effective anti-______ strategy.

Which of the following is not considered a pain of imprisonment?

What is prisonization? Discuss Gillespie's (2002) with respect to inmates and prisonization.

Inmates' adaptation to prison subculture is largely due to their level of participation in the inmate economy.

Which of the following was originally formed in the early 1970s to provide protection from the Crips street gang in Los Angeles, California, and have since morphed into an association of structured and unstructured gangs that have adopted a single-gang culture?

Perhaps the most notorious cases in which snitches were singled out and subjected to severely gruesome torture in prison occurred during the 1980 riot in which facility?

What title is one of respect given to inmates who have proven themselves worthy of that title?

An estimated ______ of transgender inmates held in prisons and 34% held in local jails reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission, if less than 12 months.

A bird is the label given to an inmate who reveals the activity of another inmate to authorities, usually in exchange for some type of benefit within the prison or legal system.

The Texas Syndicate has a formal organizational structure and a set of written rules for its members.

Which gang was organized in 1986 in the Coffield Unit of TDCJ by five street gang members from El Paso, Texas?