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of cell phones into a correctional facility.
Most of the jurisdictions categorize the
offense as a felony.
(U) The FBI has employed strategies to combat
violent gangs on a national level since 1993.
Currently, the FBI operates 164 FBI Violent
Gang Safe Streets Task Forces across the United
States. The FBI also maintains a Violent Gang
Program that utilizes collection capabilities
through multiple joint initiatives, such as
the Correctional Intelligence Task Force and
the Safe Streets Violent Crime Initiative.
Additionally, the NGIC promotes multi-agency
collaboration efforts to disrupt prison gang
activity through information-sharing initiatives,
such as the Joint Intelligence Sharing Initiative
(JISI). JISI is a cooperative effort between
the NGIC and BOP to develop and share
intelligence that aids in the identification of
criminal elements for prosecution. The NGIC
also works closely with the Safe Streets and
Gang Unit to provide direct case support to
gang investigators and to assist FBI Safe Streets
Gang Task Forces offices across the country.
(U) Correctional Intelligence
Task Force
(U) The Correctional Intelligence
Task Force (CITF) is a joint task force
comprised of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI), California
Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR), and Federal
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that provides
direct access to intelligence and
information within CDCR and BOP
for efficient collection, analysis, and
dissemination of prison derived criminal
activity. The mission is to systematically
integrate intelligence and operations to
initiate and enhance law enforcement
suppression efforts through the
identification, exploitation, and
dissemination of cross-programmatic
intelligence derived from correctional
facilities.
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