19 20 Terms used in the field of corrections terms terms
These are terms that I will need to know as a correctional officer.
bullying
noun
Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate.
Example: this inmate was bullying the female agent working before me.
fr: intimidation
crime
noun
a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
Example: I've never done any crime in my life.
fr: crime
drug
noun
a drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed.
Example: I've never done any drugs in my life.
fr: drogue
gang
noun
A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior.
Example: these inmates have the same gang tattoo.
fr: gang de rue
handcuff
noun
Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other.
Example: all of the inmates were in handcuffs.
fr: menottes
harassment
noun
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness.
Example: The stalker’s harassment of the victim took a dangerous turn when he started sneaking into her dorm room.
fr: harassement
hospital
noun
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
Example: I was sent to the hospital because I was stabbed by a shiv.
fr: hopital
judge
noun
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
Example: the judge sentence him to 25 years in prison.
fr: juge
jury
noun
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
Example: the jury said this person was guilty.
fr: jury
justice
noun
Justice is an honorific style and title traditionally used to describe a jurist who is currently serving or has served within a supreme court or some equal position.
Example: justice was due when the judge sent him to jail.
fr: justice
murder
noun
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought.
Example: the murder of someone is the worst crime possible.
fr: meurtre
prison cell
noun
A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held.
Example: the prisoner cell is so dirty today.
fr: cellule de prisonnier
prisonner
noun
A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will.
Example: There is a new prisoner coming today.
fr: prisonnier
probation
noun
Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court often in lieu of incarceration.
Example: I was given a probation of 2 years for my crimes.
fr: probation
rapist
noun
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
Example: this rapist was beaten in prison.
fr: violeur
shiv
noun
A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie, or shank, is a handcrafted bladed-weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates.
Example: we found two shivs on this inmate today
fr: un pique
suicide
noun
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
Example: this inmate is dead bu suicide.
fr: sucide
trial
noun
In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.
Example: the trial for this inmate is tomorrow.
fr: proces
violence
noun
Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy.
Example: this agent is using a lot of violence to deal with the inmates.