Institution Slang

[Craven Moorehead]

I used to work a a CCA joint that held Tennessee Dept. of Correction I/M's. We used TDOC Policy. We also used TDOC slang. I now work for the BOP. Some diffrences.....

TDOC BOP
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Home made intoxicant= Julliup . "Hooch"
Callin in sick= Callin in sick . "Banging in"
Janitor that cleans up area="Rock-Man" "Orderlies"
Place where you put A-holes and cowards=
Segregation or H.S.A. (High Security Area) "SHU" (Special Housing Unit)
Lieutenant= "Lieutenant" "Lou" Or L.T. (My first few weeks, I
thought every Lieutenant's name
was "Lou")

Prison made knife="shank" "Shank" (universal I guess)
Inmate general store="Canteen" "Commissary"
Staff personal alarm="Man-Down Alarm" "Body Alarm"
Enclosed areas for I/M movement=
"Hallways" "Corridors"
Locking or sliding gates="Crash Gates" "Grills"
Inmate incident reports= "write-up" "Shot"
1st shift, 2nd shift, 3rd shift..... "Day watch,Evening Watch, Morning
Watch"
Thats all I can think of right now..........anyone else?

[co1669]

NYCDOC slang
Central punitive segregation -"The Bing"
Cigarettes-"Bones"
Start a fight-"Pop off"
Enter an area that is locked you call out-"On th gate"
Jail issued shoes-"Patakies"named after former gov.Pataki
Commissary-"The store or go shopping"
Wrong paperwork on an inmate-"bag"as in got caught holding the bag
Letting inmates out of a housing area to a service area such as law library or clinic or barber shop you yell "walking out"

[shakedownshorti]

How about seg...."hole"

[rabbitohs07]

knife = shiv
commisary or canteen =Buy-up
segregation = pound
cigarette = durrie, bumper, ***

[Movementarian]

At my Institution we call SHU "the bucket".

[GUNNER]

We at the BOP also use plain language on the radio. This is because we dont want to seem rude to the inmates, and we want them to know everything that is going on at all times.

[Crosstimbers Okie]

Either that, or we're simply too incompetent to learn ten codes.

When I worked for Oklahoma DOC:

There were no secrets in prison because "The walls have ears."

An inmate or staff member who can't take the pressure is a "Catchout."

A staff member or inmate who defects to the other side is a "Turnout."

"Holding your mud" is the ability to take pressure with out catching out or becoming a Turnout.

"Zoo Zoos & Wham Whams" you purchase at the Canteen.

[GUNNER]

Originally Posted by Crosstimbers Okie

Either that, or we're simply too incompetent to learn ten codes.

LOL, I guess your right about that, I work with one or two that probably couldnt even spell ten code, let alone use them.

[Thorn]

Rear Gates/Emergency Vehicle Access Gates = Swings
Recreation Year = "The Yard"
Compound = "The Pound"
Segregation = "The Hole", "SHU"

[Sultan of Shakedown]

food slot= pie hole, bean slot, here they call it a wickit (not sure of the spelling)