Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ministry program student at a Texas prison. Some inmates cite religion to avoid gang recruitment. Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images Our book, published in 2020 ...

Research from CU Boulder sociology professor shows that for many prisoners, gang affiliation tends to drop off once they are released back into their communities Nearly everyone who enters prison in the United States eventually leaves. In fact, every year ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Eighteen members of the notorious MS-13 gang have been sentenced to over 425 years in prison between them for crimes including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — A Brooklyn indictment offers a rare and detailed look into how a gang war exploded from the killing of one teen into a cascade of escalating tension that played out over ...

The long-running gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta that led rapper Young Thug to plead guilty in October ended on Tuesday with a jury finding the last two defendants not guilty of murder and gang-related charges. Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak ...

Haitian officials have set elections for Dec. 13, but many experts say extreme violence makes is likely to force a postponement.

Skipp Townsend was a member of the Rollin' 20s Avenue faction of the Bloods gang in Los Angeles for 27 years. He became a member of the Bloods in the early 1980s. According to Townsend, this was for protection from the dominant Crips gangs in his neighborhood.

Nearly everyone who enters prison in the United States eventually leaves. In fact, every year about 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, according to U.S. Department of Justice data. Meanwhile, other data suggest that nearly 20% of ...

Guatemala is returning to hardline security policies amid a resurgence of gang activity, two years after its president pledged a renewed approach to the problem. Upon taking office in January 2024, President Bernardo Arévalo placed gang-fueled extortion ...

Vicious gang members responsible for nearly half of the reckless shootings in Inwood and Washington Heights over the last six years, including the murders of four innocent bystanders, were charged in a series of sweeping indictments that got killers and ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise ...

A new Florida law effective Oct. 1 modernizes gang member criteria to include social media activities. Gang members can face stricter penalties for crimes.