8.6 Number-gangs 8.6.1 While the Committee appreciates the management of the New Kimberley Correctional Centre's reluctance to acknowledge the influence prison gangs may have once gang members are transferred to the centre, for fear of giving gangs more authority, it believes a more detailed strategy for how to deal with the influence of prison gangs is necessary, particularly given that most of the staff employed at the centre are new recruits who could potentially be manipulated and taken advantage of by the hardened criminals likely to be transferred to the centre.