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At all relevant times, plaintiff was confined at Racine Correctional Institution in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin prison system defines gangs as disruptive groups of individuals that threaten, coerce, or harass others or engage in illegal or illicit activities. Such groups are a threat to the security of institutions and staff safety.
The material submitted by plaintiff fosters animosity among people of different races and cultures. Such animosity is especially conducive to violence in correctional institutions inhabited by violent offenders in very close quarters.
Most of the gang affiliations are along race lines.
The Aryan Nation is considered a white gang at Racine. Inmates at Racine are not allowed to possess photographs depicting gang symbols or of persons flashing gang signs.
For as long as Racine Correctional Institution has existed it has had to deal with the propaganda sent to inmates from organizations that purport to be religious in nature but in reality propound secular ideology such as the superiority of one race over another.
Racine Correctional Institution’s security is constantly challenged by gang activity. Management of security would be tested severely if a gang could operate openly by calling itself a religion.
George v. Sullivan, 896 F. Supp. 895 (W.D. Wis. 1995).
US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin – 896 F. July 17, 1995.
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