The paper should minimally discuss the evolution of security threat groups, with a thorough discussion of today’s prison gang sub-culture, and how prison gangs are impacting society both within and outside prison walls. The paper should discuss various approaches that state and federal government have taken in an attempt to curtail this problem, as well as identifying those practices utilized in prisons and jails to address security in order to meet the operational challenges associated with these various groups.

The paper should minimally discuss the evolution of security threat groups, with a thorough discussion of today’s prison gang sub-culture, and how prison gangs are impacting society both within and outside prison walls. The paper should discuss various approaches that state and federal government have taken in an attempt to curtail this problem, as well as identifying those practices utilized in prisons and jails to address security in order to meet the operational challenges associated with these various groups.