with you to watch your back and be
             The G27's are not common in the United States correctional facilities but
             members of this gang have found their way into the United States jail system and
             numbers are growing rapidly. They are a Hispanic gang that formed in the Puerto
             Rico prison system in 1979. They are "bitter" enemies of the Netas. Members of
             the G27's cover their body with large tattoos of the Virgin Mary. But not much
             else is known about this rapidly growing prison gang.
             I interviewed Jake Alonso from Monmouth County Jail in Freehold,
             New Jersey. He states that inmates in Monmouth County Jail do not call these
             groups gangs. Members call their groups "organizations". When I asked him why
             he joined he said because "I don't want a *censored* up my ass...when you claim one of
             these organizations you don't get *censored*ed with as much because you got your
             peeps behind you". In other words, they serve as protection. Furthermore he
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