List of Oz (TV series) characters

Cloutier converted Biker Jim Burns and got close to Vern Schillinger, but unfortunately these connections proved fatal when he banished Timmy Kirk from his congregation.

Other notable members include William Cudney, who shot the child of a doctor who had aborted his wife's fetus, and Robert Sippel, a pedophile priest, who was eventually nailed by Schillinger and the Aryans.

Richie Hanlon was a kind individual who was shafted by the Aryans, and Jason Cramer was the only inmate who was ever released and stayed out.

Alonso Torquemada who entered late in the series, seemed the perfect leader with tons of ambition, but by then the show was declared to be over.

The Irish are perhaps the smallest gang in Oz based on membership, mostly driven by the schemes of Ryan O'Reily.

As a gang they might appear to be insignificant, but Ryan O'Reily manages to factor into most major plots throughout the series.

When the prospect of a slow death caused Nappa to need to confess his crimes through his autobiography, he was ordered killed by the next leader, Chucky Pancamo.

Pancamo then led the Wiseguys for the rest of the series, only with brief interlude when he was stabbed by Robson and almost died from a staph infection.

The Latinos, also known as "El Norte", are one of the three main players in the drug trade along with the Italians and Homeboys.

Saïd converted Jefferson Keane but he was set up by Ryan O'Reily fearing that he would inform on him.

Due to Emerald City's unconventional configuration and routine, each new inmate is given a sponsor to help acclimate.

Specific requests for current Emerald City prisoners to be paired up with inbound inmates have occasionally been made and granted.