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| Gang leaders continue activity in prison |
| By The Star-Ledger |
| Published: 11/18/2008 |
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NEW JERSEY - Imprisoned leaders of the Bloods street gang - with the help of corrupt corrections officers and staff as well as visitors - are remaining in control of the criminal organization through the use of cell phones smuggled into New Jersey's state prisons and county jails and by the manipulation of prison phones, State Commission of Investigation agents said today. The agents also said inmate accounts, intended to be used to pay for snacks or sending and receiving small amounts of money, are being used by imprisoned Bloods to transfer payments extorted from prisoners to purchase drugs and cell phones. Bloods also control the trafficking of cell phones and drugs within the prisons, the agents said. The agents revealed the information during a hearing in Trenton on gang activity in state prisons and county jails held by the SCI as the culmination of what was described as a 20-month "unprecedented investigation'' into the problem. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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