Answering question from previous thread:
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In jail you have the inmates waiting trial, the sentenced inmates waiting for transport, and the sentenced inmates that will do 2 years or less at that facility, which may include work furlough, "chain gang", or jobs at or through the jail.
Inmates waiting for trial are segregated by the severity of their offense and criminal back ground/gang affiliations they have. They are indoors in the pods. Depending on the charge, they may or may not get time outside.
Inmates who are sentenced to "county time" usually end up in "tent city", unless they have a medical condition. These are "low risk" inmates who just want to do their time and get out, DUI's, low felonies like trespassing, failure to pay fines, etc.
Inmates awaiting transfer either have a hold from a different jurisdiction (in or out of the State) or are being moved to a State Prison. They are segregated by risk, crime convicted on, gang affiliation. Inmates sentenced to State Prison with no hold are transported out within 48 hours, most immediately out of the courthouse.
>For the most part,
affiliations are put to the side, inmates are either short timers or segregated from their rivals<
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In prison: Usually the inmate's "jacket", (everything that's been compiled on the inmate from time of arrest to sentencing, and previous convictions/incarcerations, affiliations) is sent to the prison before the inmate arrives, 30 days or more.
All go through an evaluation that takes from 30-90 days before they are placed in their specific areas. (I don't know if an evaluation will be done on CMJA because she's been under a microscope for 7 years) Again, current conviction, previous conviction(s), flight risk, protensity to violence, drug/alcohol issues, gang affiliation, general psych eval.,etc. This is where the admins get the inmates "Custody" level (copy/paste from ADOC):
More on Custody and Classification:
https://d1wcbusvvegbrh.cloudfront.n...100511_inmate_classification_notification.pdf (DNHW= don not house with)
And this is were inmates can "work the system" to get to a higher a lower custody level to be with their peeps, ie, gang, "crew", or a group that will "protect them". It's a game. "Kites" are sent out to find out where someone or some group is and the inmate works towards that custody level.
Here is where I'll explain "kites", they are a coded message system used throughout the entire prison system, not only in the prison one is in, but also prisons in and out of the state. It can be handed off from one inmate to another, an inmate who is being transferred to another facility or sent to people outside who re-send the contents to the appropriate inmate at their prison location. Codes are constantly changing because of cell searches. They can be as simple as the first letter of every 3rd word, a template that is placed over the text, or complicated codes taken from the military. When kites are found by the guards, they will be handed over for admin to "crack" or wait until a cell is tossed and a code "breaker" is found. Sometimes the codes are found in the gang bylaws or organization documents.
These are the dominating factors involved in prison gangs/groups:
- Blood in/Blood out
- Identifiable leadership
- By Laws, written rules, Organization Structure (para military)
- Racial
- Traditionally prison originated
- Criminally sophisticated
^There's where the issues start^
Those are the dynamics in prison regardless of what DOC states.
#1 with a bullet. To get respect, to get in a crew, you need to hurt someone, badly (infirmary), and quite possibly kill them. If you're affiliated outside, you probably already have to your credit hurting or taking someone out by doing the same on the streets, ie "street cred". But it's got to be with the gang's blessing. Random murders don't count.
You can not do hard time in max or med w/o affiliation. If not, you will either be in protective custody or constantly victimized, you are a target.
My ex had already done time in Florence, Az, and then Milpitas, California. He became a made member of the old "Mexican Mafia" (eMe) at Florence by taking someone out for the eMe. His brother in law was Nuestra Familia, and had status, so when the ex got convicted in Ca, the La Nuestra Familia (NF) accepted him. This is HIGHLY unusual, the 2 gangs are rivals. The ex was part of a heroin ring run by his BIL in Cali so he had already "paid" into NF by his activity.
There are very few western US Hispanic gangs that honor other Hispanic gangs from another State. The Aryan Brotherhood is nationwide. African American gangs have solid alliances and hatred among there own, not based on State, while Native Americans are Tribal based. Then there's a lot of little groups who just exist because they're not worth bothering with. MS-13's are a whole different deal, immigrants from San Salvador, many which continue to be deported as they get got. But they are allies with eMe.
Prison gangs are equal opportunity, men and women.
So, you walk into Perryville, the "trustees", inmates with privileges to work in office type settings, have already read your jacket, including ALL the infractions you had in jail. You're a new fish, and everyone of any importance to your survival knows everything they need to know. When a fight happened did you keep your mouth shut? Did you blame someone else for something you did? Did you play by the rules or were you a loose cannon? Did you do harm to a child? By criminal standards, is the crime you perpetrated justified? Are you "crazy" as in mental? And what kind of financial resources do you have access to? Did you disrespect one of their own? Are you a first timer? Are you a hater of your own race?
The inmates already know all that before you even step through the gate.
In jail, you could say you killed the Pope, and no one would really take notice, it's just a "human transfer station". Nobody is rarely around for more than 2 years, so no one cares.
Reality check: CMJA is bi-racial, she made every attempt to "pass" as white, no convict in their right mind would ever believe she committed a "justified killing" (even hard core criminals have their own standards/morals, she'd be considered a "punk"), she used "defending herself" in a jail fight (snitch), she openly violated jail rules which put other inmates under more intense scrutiny, she craves the spotlight, and threw everyone who ever cared for her under the bus
including her family with no hesitation. And her best friend throughout all this is gay.
Can't think of any group in there that would want to do any with her but make her life a very painful, living hell.
And the guards? CMJA killed the brother of an LE officer. They're NOT going to be easy on her.
That's just dealing with the people at prison..............
