Nuestra Familia, Our Family

This groundbreaking documentary goes inside one of California’s most violent and organized gangs. It follows a father's painful struggle as he turns his own criminal life around, then sees his son become deeply involved with the Nuestra Familia prison gang.

Have supermax prisons lived up to their promise of stopping dangerous criminals? CIR partnered with American RadioWorks and producer Michael Montgomery to produce this one-hour public radio documentary.

In Pelican Bay State Prison, gang leaders control crime on the outside from behind bars. CIR and Michael Montgomery teamed up to produce two reports for NPR.
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Photojournalist Janjaap Dekker's view of gangs and everyday life in Salinas, California, with a reporter's diary by Julia Reynolds describing the first year on the beat.

CIR and correspondents George Sanchez and Julia Reynolds published more than a dozen articles about California gangs in newspapers and magazines. Visit the nuestrafamiliaourfamily.org site for the list of articles.