Prison Slang: Words and Expressions Depicting Life Behind Bars

By William K. Bentley

This comprehensive collection of prison jargon is rich and well worth study. A complete overview of prison life is available in these words.About 1,000 topically arranged words and expressions deal with institutional life in general, the criminal justice system, gangs, violence, drugs, sex, types and characteristics of inmates, the underground economy, social mores, slang, women, and ethnic slurs. While some of these words are almost humorous in nature, others are blunt in depicting a way of life rarely seen.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899506461
• ISBN13: 9780899506463
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

First rate

With my wayward brother George doing another spell in the jug this guide helped me learn all about prison argot. It gives me no pleasure to see him there behind the glass with his botched tattoo, looking all forlorn and grovelling for phone-cards, but at least I can now ask him whether he's yet been hammed by any of his wing's gravy hounds; which is a start.