Prison Gangs

Gangs and organized crime, while attenuated to some degree, pervade the prisons and streets of the Iron Coalition. Much of their activity centers around the peddling of party drugs such as Sun Sugar, A.M.D.M, and a new deadly substance called Python. A number of large groups such as The Sons of Marloth, the 22nd Valkyrie, and the Cape Miner's Union all have extensive distribution and surveillance networks in their respective areas. Many of these gangs and syndicates have a prison presence, where brutal fights are known to break out with unsettling regularity. The most violent breakouts occur at prison B43-12, Stalwart Penitentiary Of His Excellency.
Of course, there exists an incestuous relationship between elite members of the coalition's major government institutions and the more affluent organizations. High profile crime like the trafficking of Mass Reconciliation Drives and Pearl-Class Organic Weapons could pose existential threats to the Coalition and their sovereignty.