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| Red Wing Correctional Center part of statewide prison lockdown |
| By piercecountyherald.com |
| Published: 01/31/2012 |
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RED WING - The Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing was on lockdown for more than 24 hours this week as authorities conducted a sweep targeting Native American gang members. Inmates in all state prisons throughout Minnesota were confined to their cells from 4 a.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday as local, state, federal and tribal law enforcement officers looked for members of the Native Mob gang. Membership in the Native Mob, which was started in the 1990s, is estimated at 200 people who are regularly recruited from communities with large, young, male, Native American populations. The search coincided with the unsealing of a federal indictment charging 24 alleged gang members with conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and other crimes. “Some of the people were on the streets in the community and some of the people are currently in prison,” Minnesota Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sarah Berg said. Read More. |
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