Gang affiliation has been an ongoing insure though out the entire world as far back as the world remembers. The Federal Bureau of Prisons states that, "Some suggest they first emerged following the Mexican migration to the Southwest after the Mexican Revolution in 1813. Gangs appear to have spread in New England in the early 1800's as the Industrial Revolution gained momentum in the first large cities in the United States: New York, Boston, and Philadelphia" (Gaes. 2001). There are many issues that come about from gangs and it's affecting our youth at younger ages as more juveniles turn towards the acceptance of groups in order to fulfill security, pride, and want to fit in with the ones who surround them. The delinquency rate of children is increasing rapidly and with the pressure from social demands some of our youth are turning to gang affiliation as a way of life.
             Our prison rates have never been higher, which also includes the juvenile system that includes some of the most gang interaction we see. The Federal Bureau of Prisons also states that, "Administrators in detention centers and training schools were asked to estimate the proportion of confined juveniles who had problems in particular areas, including gang involvement. In both the detention center and training, school populations, facility administrators estimated that about 40 percent of the confined youth were involved in gangs." (Gaes. 2001) Juvenile delinquents placed in incarceration not only want to finish their time, but try their hardest to achieve this without being under attack of other inmates.
             One major way they feel they can stay out of harm's way is to join a gang for protection and security. These groups will take on problems together and give individuals a sense of higher being protected from the common problems faced within incarceration. Many consider the existence in incarceration is based on "prison ...