the maximum-security prison in Northern California where all of the state’s alleged prison gang leaders were then being held. Samuel Villalba became a member of the Mexican Mafia in the 1980s.

The Mexican Mafia is the largest and most established prison gang in the United States, according to the D.A.’s Office. The Mexican Mafia was initially formed in the California state penal ...

the maximum-security prison in Northern California where all of the state's alleged prison gang leaders were then being held. At parole hearings, Johnson denied belonging to the Aryan Brotherhood ...

Three California inmates allegedly tied to the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood prison gang ordered seven Los Angeles-area murders in recent years, according to federal prosecutors. Kenneth Johnson ...

An incarcerated San Mateo man was one of five alleged gang members federally indicted ... an incarcerated La eMe associate inside California State Prison in Vacaville. Fong allegedly acted as ...

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In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates ... branded as violent gang members. That was often enough to strip them of the scant freedoms they were afforded in prison, decisions that were made ...

A judge ruled Monday that the case of an Oceanside gang member who was ... that same year to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Under new California laws passed since that time ...

A judge ruled Monday that the case of an Oceanside gang member who was ... that same year to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Under new California laws passed since that time ...

Three California inmates allegedly tied to the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood prison gang ordered seven Los Angeles-area murders in recent years, according to federal prosecutors. Kenneth ...