D.C. Blacks
The D.C. Blacks is an African-American
History
The District of Columbia is a federal district and not a state. As a result of this, there is no statewide prison system or even a facility within D.C to place felons after sentencing as is the case in the 50 states. Since D.C is a federal district, violators serving more than one year for offenses must be transferred from the D.C custody into Federal BOP custody to serve out the sentence in one of the federal corrections facilities.
The amount and concentration of these inmates into various systems, as well as the relative concentration of high crime areas in DC and the resulting familiarity of those inmates to one another has over the years created a de facto prison gang. Though referred to as DC Blacks for purposes of identifying the demographic, the actual inmates from D.C that band together, in many cases do not identify themselves as that. In most cases it is simply association through residency and mutual defense and resource sharing between these inmates in the course of their the prison experience.
The D.C. Blacks prison gang is said to have originated in the late 1960s or the early 1970s.
Individuals from both the D.C. Blacks and the Aryan Brotherhood have testified in court, giving the public a general idea of what life at USP Marion looked like.[4]
References
- ^ "Aryan Brotherhood: Prison Gang Profile". www.insideprison.com. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ a b Butterfly Blog (2011-10-25). "The Brand". Gorilla Convict. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ "D.C. Blacks". unitedgangs.com. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ "Black inmates defend Aryan Brotherhood". East Bay Times. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2019-04-30.