Jail Jargon Flashcards
Inmate talk: a room or building set aside for the treatment or accommodation of the sick, especially within a jail, military base or on board a ship.
Enfermería
Sick bay
Inmates needing any need medical care must request a sick bay call.
Los reclusos/encarcelados que necesitan cuidados de salud deben pedir una visita a la enfermería
Inmate talk: something that confines a person preventing free action as if by fetters —usually used in plural. Usually U-shaped fastening device secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms.
Grilletes
Shackles
Los grilletes se usan especialmente para inmovilizar prisioneros de alta peligrosidad.
Shackles are used especially to restrain highly dangerous prisoners
Inmate talk: an unusual and typically permanent brown or red mark on someone’s body from birth.
Marcas/manchas de nacimiento
Birthmarks
La mayoría de las marcas de nacimiento son inocuas.
The majority of birth marks are harmless.
Inmate talk: a room or building where groups of people, especially inmates or soldiers eat together.
Comedor (de reclusos)
Mess hall
He fainted at our table in the mess hall.
Se desmayó en nuestra mesa en el comedor.
Inmate talk: To commit suicide
Recluso que planea suicidarse
To do the Dutch/To do the Dutch act
We are worried; he only talks about the Dutch Act. Estamos preocupados, él solo habla de suicidarse.
Inmate talk: Refers to having HIV
Recluso con SIDA
The Monster/The Ninja
Watch out he’s got ‘the ninja.’
Cuidado tiene SIDA
Inmate talk: In Isolation, segregated from others
Aislado, confinado en aislamiento
De-Seg
Disciplinary Segregation
He is in de-seg due to his violent behavior.
Esta aislado debido a su comportamiento violento.
Inmate talk: Kitchen facility area in which some inmates can work.
Cocina para reclusos
I.K. / Inmate kitchen
I got burned while helping in the IK while preparing breakfast.
Me quemé cuando ayudaba en la cocina preparando el desayuno.
