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Gang influence spreading
By Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Published: 05/30/2007

CHEYENNE, WY - Gang influence is spreading in the Wyoming State Penitentiary at Rawlins with lightning speed, an American Civil Liberties Attorney warned Tuesday.

In a letter to the Wyoming attorney general's office, Stephen Pevar cited a report on the assault of an unidentified Wyoming State Penitentiary inmate who apparently tried to leave a gang.

Pevar noted that as recently as November 2004, an expert report said the State Penitentiary had been relatively free of gang threats. The report said the prison staff viewed gangs as only a “potential problem." Read more.

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