P.M.B.  Past Present and Future

Florida 1979

In 1979, The "Prison Motorcycle Brotherhood" first emerged in the Florida Department of Corrections. It was founded by Big Jim Nolan (Ex -President of Outlaws M.C. "South FLA chapter") who was doing time in FLA D.O.C. They then ecpanded through out 19 Institutions in Florida and had a solid reputation for taking care of business. Then, over the next nine years the Florida Department of Corrections began changing. More institutions were being built, many brothers were being released from the prison system, other Prison Brotherhoods began to arise within the FLA DOC, and by 1988 PMB ceased to exist as a formal structure. What began with many good intentions and strong wills broke into a few individual patched brothers scattered across over 57 Prisons in the state of Florida.

     Back in PMB's beginnings, the outlaws MC President Big Jim Nolan utilized PMB brothers upon their release. Any PMB patch holder was welcomed to become an outlaws MC "Hang Around", and possibly prospect for them at a later time. It was a way of recruiting Solid Brothers who weren't intimidated by doing a stretch locked down behind the wire. PMB Brotherw always made excellent prospects for 1%er clubs. PMB brothers are often hardened by doing past ime, smarter through trial and error, and even more entrusting of the system who locked them down to being with so the Outlaws M.C. capitalized upon that.

Minnesota

1981-1982

In 1981-1982, a different independent chapter of the "Prison Motorcycle Brotherhood" emerged in the Minnesota Correctional Facilities. Totally unaware of their brothers in Florida. The PMB-Minnesota used a different patch design than the chapters in Flordia. PMB within Minnesota Correctional Facilites put forth a lot of time, effort, and dedication to insure P.M.B.'s foundations were their to build upon. Due to the personal ifices of PMB patched brothers in the early 1980's who lead by the example of thier actions, PMB was able to survive and expand over 25 years time. In the mid 1980's PMB-MN filed with the government, to be an officially recognized club. Howeverthey lost their legal status in 1990 when a major drug bust went down at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater Minnesota. and several P.M.B. Brothers were found guilty in that raid.Many in the Minnesota Department of Corrections administration thought that after the bust that it would be the end of PMB. They couldn't have been further from the truth. If anything it made PMB-MN brothers much more dteremined what most figured would've broken PMB apart, it had a uniting effect and was a learning experience. From 1990 PMB really began to spread through out the state of Minnesota. Soon PMB was not only firmly established within every institution n the state, but PMB began to run things and dominate the MCF in its own way. The Prison Motorcycle Brotherhood in Minnesota has some thing very few prison systems in America can claim to have: True Brotherhood. PMB is so firmly established and numbers so high per prison, that it is almost unheard of in any states. We can learn a great deal from our brothers up their on how to conduct the Brotherhoods daily business.

The Prison Motorcycle Brotherhood is expanding its horizons.  PMB was founded within MCF-Minnesota in the early 1990’s by a few solid brothers.  Today we proudly boast that our “Mother Chapter” within MCF-Minnesota are firmly established in “every” state prison in Minnesota, as well as the fact our Brothers Run Shit in the Minnesota Correctional Facilities.  We can all learn a great deal from our Brothers in Minnesota whehood is expanding its horizons. PMB was founded within MCF-Minnesota in the early 1990’s by a few solid brothers.  Today we proudly boast that our “Mother Chapters” within MCF-Minnesota are firmly established in “every” state prison in Minnesota, as well as the fact our Brothers Run Shit in the Minnesota Correctional Facilities.  We can all learn a great deal from our Brothers in Minnesota when it comes to taking care of Business.