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Descanso Detention Facility






Descanso Detention Facility

A detention center in California.



SIMILAR TERMS
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Descendant
Those person who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants.

Descendants
Those who have issued from an individual, and include his children, grandchildren, and their children to the remotest degree.

Descender
In the descent; as formedon in the descender.

Descriptio personae
Description of the person. In wills, it frequently happens, that the word heir is used as a descriptio personae; it is then a sufficient designation of the person.

Description
A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it.



PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS
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Disciplinary Isolation
In the US penitentiary jargon, a restrictive status of confinement to which an inmate receiving major discipline can be committed.ÿ Inmates in this status are housed separately and are denied the use all personal items except bedding, clothing, legal papers, personal correspondence, hygiene items, and religious reading material.ÿ Inmates shall be placed in disciplinary custody status for no longer than ten days per hearing.

DNA Detection of Sexual Violent Offenders Act
In the US penitentiary jargon, a state law that requires a blood sample be taken from inmates who have been convicted of certain sexual and violent offenses.

Disciplinary Hearing Officer
In the US penitentiary jargon, the person who is responsible for conducting misconduct hearings and decides if discipline is deserved.

Disciplinary hearing
In the US penitentiary jargon, a hearing held in the jail to determine if a Rule Violation Report is substantiated and, if so, what discipline the inmate will receive.

Drunk in Public arrest
Individuals who are arrested for being drunk in public or under the influence of a controlled substance will be released when it is determined that they will be able to care for their own safety.ÿ That period of time may vary with each individual, with six to eight hours being common.

Descanso Detention Facility

Daddy (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a dominant prisoner who protects or uses a weaker homosexual partner.

Dagging
In the US penitentiary slang, trading out for sodomy.

Dead mouth
In the US penitentiary slang, told by an officer to be remain silent until otherwise instructed.

Diddler
In the US penitentiary slang, a child molester.

Digger
In the Scottish penitentiary slang, the segregation unit in a jail.

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