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• (U) Open source reporting indicates that
since 2010, the Mississippi Department
of Corrections has referred 63 cases
for prosecution of officers involved in
smuggling contraband into prison.
Accordingly, a former corrections officer
claims some corrupt officers make
thousands of dollars for smuggling
contraband. A former gang leader agrees,
stating that many officers find it difficult
to resist the “easy” money. Reports reveal
corrupt officers also provided favors, such
as allowing gang members in lockdown to
move into another area to injure a fellow
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(U) Measures of Open Concealment
(U) Prison gangs will resort to any means
possible to further their objectives. One
method gangs use to advance their cause
is to exploit their First Amendment rights
so they may conduct gang activity openly
without detection. In some cases, gang
members infiltrate religious groups to conduct
meetings, move and hide contraband, or obtain
prohibited material.
(U) Female Prison Representation
(U) Female involvement in prison gangs most
often occurs in the form of outside facilitation,
presenting females as active yet subsidiary
participants that aid and abet crimes led by
their male counterparts. Prison gangs rely on
female facilitation to further criminal objectives
– and in some cases to merely exist – as many
prison gangs could not survive without their
female partners. 36
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