gangs
Met removes hundreds from gangs matrix after breaking data laws | UK news
Hundreds of young people have been removed from a controversial police list of alleged gang members after claims that it is discriminatory and blighted their life chances, the Guardian has learned. The Metropolitan police’s gangs matrix, which the force says is a vital tool in tackling violence in London, has been found to be breaking …
Mississippi Prisons on Lockdown After Violence Leaves Five Dead
Eruptions of violence in Mississippi prisons this week left five inmates dead and prompted a statewide lockdown of facilities that continued into the weekend, as officials seek to reassert control in the correctional system. Investigators are trying to determine the causes of the violence, some of which was gang-related, said Pelicia Hall, the corrections commissioner. …
Knives, gangs and kids: how to break the cycle | World news
When Henrietta Imoreh was 17, she pulled a knife on a girl at her school. She was arrested and expelled. Her life trajectory seemed destined for a downward arc. Henrietta had been in eight foster homes since she was 14. At the time she threatened her schoolmate, she was living alone in a hostel, scared, …
Gang Fight Kills 57 in Brazil, 16 Beheaded
BRASILIA—A gang fight in a prison in Brazil’s Para state left at least 57 dead, many by decapitation or asphyxiation, adding to a string of gruesome clashes in the country’s overloaded prison system as the government struggles to fight rampant crime. The violence started at around 7 a.m. Monday when members of one of the …
