Gang Members: Affiliated Prisoners

Public Safety Dept: That compares to an increase of less than five per cent of non-gang affiliated prisoners and some experts are warning prisons have become a breeding ground for gang members who pose a greater threat to public safety after their release, according to CBC. Aboriginal: 24% The number of federal inmates who belong to gangs behind bars has climbed 32 per cent in the last five years, according to figures obtained by News Network's Power a Politics . The number of offenders incarcerated or under community supervision identified with street, aboriginal, motorcycle, Asian and traditional organized criminal gangs has climbed to 2,358 as of April 2012 up from 1,791 in 2007. Gangs behind bars by affiliation (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.