gate fever n.—Gloss: in the U.K., a prisoner’s growing preoccupation with leaving jail as a scheduled release date approaches. «I received over 700 letters of support while in Pentonville which massively boosted my morale each day...
alter n.— «To send her back to prison might trigger her multiple personalities, or “alters,” as the psychiatrists call them.» —“State Hospital wants accused arsonist in jail” by Susan Smallheer in White...
short eyes n.— «“Pedophiles and other types of child molesters referred to as ‘short eyes’ in prison parlance are usually separated from the general prison population.” “Actually, the parlance I’ve heard is ‘skin crimes’ and...
skin crime n.— «“Pedophiles and other types of child molesters referred to as ‘short eyes’ in prison parlance are usually separated from the general prison population.” “Actually, the parlance I’ve heard is ‘skin crimes’ and...
featherwood n.— «“It’s no different than you guys [who] got the Crips and the Bloods, the ‘cuz’ and all that, and the Mexicans have the Southern and the Northern. So we have the peckerwoods and the featherwoods.”…It is a...
featherwood n.— «Though Smith’s link to the Aryan Circle is unclear, white supremacist women are often referred to as “featherwoods.” Smith goes by the nickname “Little Feather.”» —“Suspect had possible ties...