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Criminal

Feb. 1, 2007

From Prison Policy, Gangs Come Home to Roost

Let's see . . . Gang members are stuck in jail for years, where their gangs' influence is consolidated and enhanced. Something wrong?

Robert L. Bastian Jr.

Partner Bastian & Dini

Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211

Phone: (310) 789-1955

Fax: (310) 822-1989

Email: robbastian@aol.com

Whittier Law School

One cause of the renewed racial tension and gang-related violence in Los Angeles is the dysfunctional county and state incarceration systems. What is going on in the streets has been foreshadowed in the state's jails and prisons. The recent riot at an intermediate security yard at the California Institution for Men in Chino is an example. No one can accurately say how many racially motivated riots have occurred there because the institution doesn't keep an official count. The number of a...

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