correctional services

20 Correctional topics terms

This glossary serve understand words and many terms about correctional services.

A case plan
I'ts a noun
A case plan is a plan makes by the agent when they need a planed plan to control inmates
Example: When inmates fight each others we need to make a case plan
en: Un plan d'intervention
Empathy
A noun
It's emotion we imagine and understand how someone else feels
Example: We have empathy when an inmate talks with us about a problem and their emotions
en: Empathie
Escort
Verb
A person or a vehicle escort person for security or protection
Example: An agent escorts an inmate to visits
en: Escorter
Eye for an eye/ tooth for a tooth
A conjunction
When someone who injures another person should be punished in a similar way
Example: An inmate hit another inmate and this other inamte hit him too
en: Oeil pour oeil/ dent pour dent
Guardian
A noun
A guardian is a correctional Officer. In ancient times, people take ''Prison Guard'' or ''Guardian''. It's the same thing
Example: A person who work in prison with inmates
en: Un gardien/ agent correctionnel
Handcuff
A noun
It's a pair of metal rings to put into the hands of people for security
Example: When agents walk through the passage with an aggressive inmate and put the handcuffs behind the hands of the inmates
en: Menottes
Inmate
A noun
An inmate is a person who retired of the community and confined in an institution because he does crimes. He is sentenced in the institution
Example: A person who makes a theft then he is in jail
en: Détenu
Jailbreak
A noun
It's an escape from jail.
Example: When an inmate leaves the prison perimeter's
en: Évasion de prison
Judgment
Noun
It's a statement signed by a judge on a sentence of an inmate to introduce in jail
Example: A judge who gives a sentence to the person with criminal charges
en: Un jugement
Security levels
Conjunction
Classification of inmates by their levels of dangerousness in the community.
Example: An inmate in a maximum level after he does a murder
en: Niveau de sécurité
Stress
A noun
The reaction of the body and mind of to everyday challenges and demands. It's an emotional pressure too.
Example: The reaction of our body when we do an exam.
en: Le stress
Suicide
A noun
An intentional act who takes the own life of the person.
Example: When an inmate knows a bad new and does a suicide in the cell
en: Suicide
The pen
A noun
Means the penitentiary
Example: When an inmate said ''I will go to the pen''
en: Le «pen»
To be behind the bars
A phrase
It means to be in jail
Example: When an inmate is in jail, he's behind the bars
en: ''être entre les murs'' or ''être entre les barreaux''
To do something by the book
A phrase
Doing something to following the rules and the laws
Example: A cop who does his job by the book and follow strictly the rules and the laws
en: Faire quelque chose dans les règles
To do time
A phrase
Means people have to do time in prison
Example: When an inmate says '' I had to do time''
en: Faire du temps
To get a slap on the wrist
A phrase
To receive a minor punishment
Example: Your grandma gives you a slap on the wrist because you put your hand in the cake
en: Rcevoir une gifle sur le poignet
To lawyer up
A phrase
It means a person stop talking to the authorities and want a lawyer for a legal representation
Example: When cops have a suspect at the police department and he wants a lawyer
en: Avoir un avocat
To snitch
A verb
A person who gives information on someone to the police
Example: A gang member gives information to the police on his gang
en: Donner de l'information
white-collar crime
A conjunction
It's a financial crime committed by high-ranking people of the society
Example: A person who was in the government does a financial crime
en: Crime en col blanc