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Redd Alert: Prison Gang Profile
According to some users, Redd Alert originated in the
mid-1990's in Edmonton, Alberta. Others say that Redd Alert
began in Regina, Saskatchewan In 2000, but didn't really take
launch until 2005. They are now very active in Regina.
A former President of RA in Edmonton was savagely beaten
in May of 2006 inside Edmonton Remand Centre, by fellow Redd
Alert members, who each pleaded guilty in October to aggravated
assault. As of October of 2006, the court was told that the
former president was unable to feed himself and possessed
minimal verbal skills (31 October 2006, Edmonton Journal).
According to the Edmonton
Sun he used a telephone before getting into an argument
with another prisoner. He was later jumped by several others,
beaten, and sent to the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Critics
have blamed prison overcrowding, citing the nearly double
occupancy that existed at the time of the attack.
Redd Alert usually wear the color red and sometimes use phrases
like "forever doin dirt" and "Redd till we're
dead".
News reports show Redd Alert has experienced some rivalry
with the Bloods,
Indian
Posse, and the Native
Synidcate.
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Redd Alert has been reported in Edmonton
Institution, Bowden Institution in Alberta, and in several
prisons in Winnipeg. According to users, R.A has controlled
Drumheller
Institution primarily, but have membership in all Prairie
prisons.
On the street, they have been reported in:
- Calgary, Alberta
- Denver, Colorado, according to user sources
- Edmonton, Alberta (base of operations)
- Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Hobbema Reserve (Alberta)
- According to users, Ermineskin Reserve is the main
turf in Hobbema for Redd Alert members, while Samson
Reserve and Louis Bull Reserve is the main turf for
Indian
Posse members.
- Houston, Texas, according to users
- Kamloops, BC
- North Battleford, Saskatchewan
- Regina, Saskatchewan
- San Francisco, California, according to users
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Vallejo, California, according to users
- Vancouver and much of Lower Mainland, BC
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
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