bo-bos: prison-issued tennis shoes. bone yard: trailers used for conjugal visits
brake fluid: psychiatric meds such as liquid Thorazine Buck Rogers time: a sentence with parole unimaginably far in the future. chalk: prison moonshine chin check: to punch an inmate in the jaw to see if he'll fight back clavo: (Spanish for "nail"), danterous contraband diaper sniper: child molester diesel therapy: a lengthy bus trip, used as a punishment. ding wing: mental health ward erasers: chunks of processed chicken high class: hepatitis C iron pile: weightlifting equipment jack book: any magazine with pictures of women the monster: HIV ninja turtles: guards dressed in riot gear robocop: guard who writes up every infraction, no matter how small six-five: warning that a guard is approaching. stainless-steel ride: lethal injection 13 1/2: 12 jurors, 1 judge, and 1/2 a chance; seen in prison tattoos. by Jen Phillips, Mother Jones, July/Aug 2008, p. 63.
