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Lockdown (jail)
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Lockdown (jail)In the US penitentiary slang, the policy of confining a group of prisoners or an entire prison to cells.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Entire
That which is not divided; that which is whole.
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
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Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Lock-up house
A place used, temporarily as a prison.
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Lettuce (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, prisoners who go out to gang rape.
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Lifer
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving a life sentence.
Limbo (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, time in jail before trial.
Little bitch
In Texan penitentiary slang, a sentence of fifty or more years.
Lockdown (jail)
Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Loogan
In Ontario penitentiary slang, a mentally ill prisoner.
Lugged
In the US penitentiary slang, to be cuffed and taken to segregation.
Label
A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Entire
That which is not divided; that which is whole.
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Lock-up house
A place used, temporarily as a prison.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Lettuce (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, prisoners who go out to gang rape.
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Lifer
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving a life sentence.
Limbo (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, time in jail before trial.
Little bitch
In Texan penitentiary slang, a sentence of fifty or more years.
Lockdown (jail)
Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Loogan
In Ontario penitentiary slang, a mentally ill prisoner.
Lugged
In the US penitentiary slang, to be cuffed and taken to segregation.
Label
A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
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