Rehabilitation challenge: A gangster’s lack of individuality

Like other inmates, gang members in Utah prisons get a chance to learn how to cook, repair electronics, even knit. Classes can teach them how to set personal goals, control anger and change thought patterns.
But the gang mind-set revolves around a group, setting gangsters apart from other criminals. Gang investigators point to another unique problem in Utah: the rise of multigenerational gangs in which children are raised into a criminal lifestyle embraced by their parents.
The combination, expe…