Katrina time n.— «Defense attorneys and judges have warned for months that a constitutional crisis looms on two fronts in Louisiana: prisoners denied their right to an attorney, and prisoners denied their right to a speedy trial...
bird bath n.— «Other prisoners have to stand in the toilet stalls and take what is called a prison “bird-bath,” using a cup or an empty bottle to pour water over their heads from several small sinks that line the wall of the...
shit-up n.— «Then again, officers working with prisoners who are carrying out a dirty protest (it’s known as a “s***-up” in prison parlance) do get an extra tenner a day for putting up with it.» —“Porridge leaves a bad...
hot bed v. phr.— «While prisoners are out, their cells will be given to other inmates in what is called “hot bedding.” That will allow prison bosses to increase the total number of inmates in the country’s two open prisons...
be sweet chair n.— «Jail and prison employees call it… the “we care chair,” and the “be sweet chair.”…They are referring not to the electric chair, but to a restraining device that has led to many...
we care chair n.— «Jail and prison employees call it… the “we care chair,” and the “be sweet chair.”…They are referring not to the electric chair, but to a restraining device that has led to many...