Hometown cliques or tangos are defined as which of the following?

• A. An organized gang with formal leadership
• B. Group of offenders from the same city, county, or neighborhood who banded together within the institutional setting for safety reasons but does not contain hierarchy or organization of STG's
• C. A casual group with no safety purpose
• D. A national organization

Answer: (B)

Hometown cliques or tangos are informal, locality-based groups formed by offenders inside a prison for safety and solidarity. They typically consist of inmates from the same city, county, or neighborhood who band together within the institutional setting but lack a formal leadership structure or organized hierarchy like security threat groups. This distinguishes them from organized gangs and national organizations, and from casual groups that have no safety purpose.