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  2. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    A disruptive inmate who causes disorder through highly irregular behavior in a jail module or prison yard, typically associated with those with drug or mental health issues. Keys As in, "Holds the keys;" the inmate with the highest tenure responsible for administration of the whole pod's gang Kinfolk A Black American inmate; also, "kin" Longjohn

  3. Prison officer - Wikipedia

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    A turnkey of a Paris prison, 19th century A sort of Russian jail with a prison guard, 1915. Historically, terms such as "jailer" (also spelled "gaoler"), "guard" and "warder" [1] have all been used. The term "prison officer" is used for the role in the UK [2] and Ireland. [3] It is the official English title in Denmark, [4] Finland, [5] Sweden ...

  4. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia.. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere.

  5. Prison - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, and slammer, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, generally as rehabilitation and punishment for various crimes.

  6. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız

  7. Prison warden - Wikipedia

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    The prison warden supervises all the operations within the prison. Prisons vary in size, with some housing thousands of inmates. They are responsible for the prison's security, the performance of staff of the prison (including prison officers, prison doctors, janitors, cooks and others), the management of its funds, the maintenance of its facilities and the welfare of its inmates.

  8. Penal military unit - Wikipedia

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    The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, a French Army penal military unit, depicted in battle during the French conquest of Algeria in 1833. A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as penal battalion for battalions, penal regiment for regiments, penal company for companies, etc.), is a ...

  9. Panopticon - Wikipedia

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    The word panopticon derives from the Greek word for "all seeing" – panoptes. [3] In 1785, Jeremy Bentham , an English social reformer and founder of utilitarianism , travelled to Krichev in Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern Belarus ) to visit his brother, Samuel , who accompanied Prince Potemkin .