The number of Hells Angels detainees has dropped drastically in Quebec prisons, while street gang members are more present than ever.
Record of Reds and Blues In contrast, correctional services faced a record daily number of 230 street gang-related inmates in 2017. The gang-related offender population has more than doubled from 2005, when there were only 92 prisoners identified to the Blues and Reds on a daily basis. At the time, the gang phenomenon was essentially Montreal, but it has since spread to several regions. It should be noted that inmates in provincial prisons serve a sentence of imprisonment of less than two years or are provisionally detained pending trial.
