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Carola Guerrero De León

White Supremacists Sentenced to Life as California Prison Violence Exposes Gang Power and Systemic Failures

A view of California State Prison in San Quentin, California. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Two members of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang, were sentenced to two consecutive life terms for various gang-related crimes orchestrated from their cells at California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-Sacramento), including the murders of a Latino inmate and a member of a rival white supremacist gang.

With the use of smuggled cellphones, Ronald Yandell, 62, of Pinole, and William Sylvester, 56, directed drug trafficking activities, ordered murders, and oversaw other criminal activities inside and outside CSP-Sacramento.

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