Chapter 7
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building tenders
building tenders
inmates who were tacitly acknowledged by prison administrators to have informal
social control of a given inmate area
close-custody unit
close-custody unit
a form of administrative segregation
con-politicians
con-politicians
inmates with money and influence who through skill and manipulation obtain goods
or services
cultural importation hypothesis
cultural importation hypothesis
inmates enter prison with a variety of values and experiences that may contradict the
values in prison
deprivation hypothesis
deprivation hypothesis
a major function of the inmate subculture’s normative system is to prevent the
internalization of social rejection and its conversion into self-rejection
doing time
doing time
inmates who view the prison experience as a short break in their criminal career
drug offenses
drug offenses
clearly played a primary role in the overall growth of the prison population during the
period from 2000 to 2010
fish
fish
inmates new to prison life
frustration riots
frustration riots
during the 1940s and 1950s, dozens of prisons in the nation experienced these types
of riots between a unified inmate subculture and prison authorities
gleaning
gleaning
inmates who adapt to prison life by getting as much out of prison as possible through
programs and self-improvement
imprisonment binge
imprisonment binge
due to increased incarceration levels, crowding, and new construction
inmate code
inmate code
attitudinal and behavioral norms of prison subculture
jailing
jailing
inmates who adapts to prison life by not thinking of the world outside as home
legitimate inmate economy
legitimate inmate economy
the facility’s store, commissary, or canteen
outlaws
outlaws
inmates who rely on force and physical violence to obtain what they want from other
inmates
pains of imprisonment
pains of imprisonment
term used to describe the inmate’s emotional reaction to the loss of: liberty, goods
and services, heterosexual relationships, autonomy, freedom of movement, and
security
political riot
political riot
riot where inmates make demands submitted to prison officials
prison gangs
prison gangs
not a part of the traditional prison culture they are cliques and informal groups
organized principally or even exclusively on racial or ethnic lines
prison riot
prison riot
a group attempt by inmates to take over part or all of the prison
prison subculture
prison subculture
the negative, animosity directed equally at the prison staff and at free society
prisonization
prisonization
the mechanism by which one becomes a member of that subculture – the process
through which prison inmates adapt the general culture of the penitentiary
psychological victimization
psychological victimization
the threat of physical harm
punks
punks
inmates who passively participate in homosexuality in prison or jail
race riots
race riots
apolitical racial conflict was a crucial factor in these types riots
rage riots
rage riots
often spontaneous, an expression of real or perceived inmate frustration with
mistreatment
right guys
right guys
those rare inmates who follow all of the precepts of the code; the most prisonized of
all prison or jail residents
security threat groups
security threat groups
prison gangs are found in 40 state prison systems, the District of Columbia and in the
US Bureau of Prisons
solidary opposition
solidary opposition
the inmate’s collective response to the pains of imprisonment
Square Johns
Square Johns
inmates who follow the prison’s official rules, take part in institutional programming,
and generally ignore all but the snitching provision of the inmate code
sub rosa inmate economy
sub rosa inmate economy
an underground marketplace that exists outside the legitimate inmate economy
unit management
unit management
the belief that providing treatment such as psychological or educational assistance to create
small, semi-autonomous self-contained institutions of approximately 50 to 100 inmates to
break up existing ties based on race, ethnicity or gangs makes individuals less likely to
engage in future crimes
wolves
wolves
the aggressor of sex in prisons or jails who does not view themselves as homosexual