Nov. 7, 2018

Preface 2: Vocab Rehab

From Lessons Learned by Antoine Murphy (author's profile)

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Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Governor Scott Walker | Secretary Jon E. Litscher

Redgranite Correctional Institution

MEMORANDUM

DATE: March 23, 2018

TO: All RGCI Inmates

FROM: Nurse Thompson, HSU Manager

SUBJECT: HIV Testing

Patients may request free HIV testing every six months while in a DOC facility. You may also request a test at any time following a significant exposure. If you would like to request a HIV test please submit a Health Service Request/DOC-3035 (blue slip) stating your request and a lab draw will be scheduled. The HIV virus may not show up until 6 months after exposure.

As far as other STD or exposure testing, please send HSU your Health Service Request and an appointment will be scheduled. Co-pay may apply, and testing is up to the provider's medical judgement.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you.

PREFACE
2
VOCAB - REHAB

It's true.

Prison isn't just a building.

So.

Being RELEASED from prison is bigger than being physically released from an archaic building that's enclosed in brick walls, barb wired fences, -n- what have U.

Beyond the obvious - prison also incarcerates Ur language, lingo, verbiage, dialect, vocabulary -n- what have U.

It's true.

Ask C/Os (Correctional Officers). They 2 have 2 learn/B conditioned 2 use "prison words". 4 starters they have 2 remember that "once U enter these gates it's last names only. Including Urself. So get in a habit of calling/being called by Ur last name." Next they R schooled in the Institution Dictionary. The 1st 2 words: staff; inmate.

NE way. Because 4 the last 21 yrs, 1 month -n- 13 days I have been indoctrinated 2 view -n- COMMUNICATE my thoughts, feelings, emotions, hopes, desires, actions, dreams, future, reality -n- what not in INSTITUTIONAL LINGO I MUST vomit this collection of words. If my [heart] would become UNINCARCERATED as well as my PSYCHE.

I MUST strive 2 B FREE, FREE 2 use FREE words. Words like: mortgage, career, 401K, retirement, Disneyland, cable, internet, smartphone, broker, employee identification #, health care, hospital, movie theater, Baskin Robbins, KFC, McDonalds, publisher, Amazon, "it's (phone) 4 U" [miss get'n telephone calls [crying eye], car, driver's license, flowers, got the kids this weekend, diaper duty, "U may kiss the bride", honeymoon, anniversary, "cash my check", FICA, the Y, 4th of July parade, ribs, beef, milkshake, strawberries, LOVE...

Here's 2 freedom

VOCAB REHAB

Because death -n- life R in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21) I MUST LEAVE THESE WORDS BEHIND BARS - where I found them... where I heard them... where I learned their meaning.

Lock-in
Lock down
HSU (Health Services Unit)
Money disbursement
Inmate
Offender
Inmate #363399
Warden
Security Director
Deputy Warden
C/O
White Shirt
Blue Shirt
Unit Manager
Servery
*$?t on a shingle
How many people in the shower
Chow
Chow hall
Wing officer
Sgt
Sgt's desk
Pill line
Med pass
Count
Emergency count
Standing count
Count is clear
Count is correct
Sign in
Sign out
303
302
WI stats 939.39
WI stats 940.01
WI stats
WI stats
Appeal
809.30
974.06
ICI
ICE
Cell
Cell search
Bottom bunk restriction
Tier
Lower tier restriction
$7.50 co-pay
"go back 2 U unit"
"have a seat on the bench"
Lock -n- load
Laundry sweep
Canteen
Celly
Union Supply
Access Secure Pak
JL Marcus
Walkenhorst's
Holabird Sports
Mail list
Rec
Weight room
Medical trip
Shake down
Institution
Correctional facility
Institution holiday
Visiting room
Visiting list
Visiting hours
Strip search
"Palms out"
"Back of ya hands"
"Mouth"
"Under Ur tongue"
"Rub Ur fingers thru ya hair"
"Behind ya ears"
"Lift ya sack"
"Turn around"
"Bottom of Ur feet"
"Bend over - spread ya cheeks"
Rock report
Institutional channel
Rock TV
Main entree may contain soy
2 for 1
3 for 1
"2 soups 4 a stamp"
"Tray 4 2 soups"
Dayroom
MOS (Movement Observation Security)
Program Services Director
Inmate accounts
"Go 2 Property"
Parole
PRC (Program Review Committee)
Poor institutional adjustment
Classification
Security level
AODA
CGIP
(thinking 4 a change; no loitering outside social worker's office (even if he's [illegible] strong)
Request slip
Conduct report
Ticket
Fee-fee
Jag'n
Hit'n a lick
Release date
Release plan
Transfer priority code
12 month recall
Defer
Courtyard
Shower shoes
Greens
Segregation
State issue(d)
The hole
The box
State soap
Green Co
Fog alert
Walking track
Outside rec
Offender ID
2 stripes
3 stripes
Guards
"Somebody stole my drawers out da shower"
"Ur only allowed 1 piece of fruit..."
People saying they "gay 4 the stay"
People saying they "only prison gay"
Body alarm
Alert call test
Hearing walkie-talkies
"Can U 10-25?"
Hearing beeps -n- blares -n- bull horns
"5 minutes 2 count"
"Rec -n- weight R closed till further notice"
"Library is closed 2day"
Training day
Shooting range
Shank
Shiv
Cheek'n (pills)
Saturday casserole
Shepherds pie
Leftovers turned 2 soup
Hooch
Hook up
Institutionalized
Padded room
Shackles
Leg irons
Stun belt
Solicitation
Fraternize
Reckless eyeballing
2 human
2 yr work placement
"Ya 2 yrs up?"
HSU manager
Televisit
No contact visit
30 min phone calls
"This call is being made from a correctional facility"
"All calls other than properly placed attorney calls may be monitored & recorded"
"Ur 1st Amendment rights have been apprehended..."
Counsel guaranteed by the 6th Amendment...
Sentencing
Consecutive
Concurrent
Plea bargain
Plea deal
Alford plea
No contest
Guilty
Not guilty
We the jury find the defendant...
Can U point 2 the defendant -n- describe what he's wearing
Defendant
Side bar
Approach the bench
Status hearing
Razor card
Laundry card
Razor exchange
Bakery card
Institution check
Time 4 count
Recount
In place emergency count
Return 2 Ur unit emergency count
Blood pressure clinic
Ice bag -n- aspirin (solution 2 all medical problems)
"Just put the food in ya drawers"
Yard officer
Gun tower
Electric fence
Razor wire
Canteen bag
"U gotta seasoning pack?"
"Let me get a shot of coffee"
Crank
Enterprising -n- proud
Group resistance -n- petitions
No physical contact
No girls allowed
All male society
Division of adult institutions
Who da Sgt
Who working
Sign up sheet
When U check'd off U can leave
Blue portfolio
Module
Grandfathered
10 second hug
Pictures must be taken (lifelessly) with Ur hands at Ur side, feet facing the camera
"U can't put Ur arm around her waist..."
Check in with officer
Medical trip
TV box
Money receipt
Vacate sentence
Remand
Appeal denied
LAIP
Swamper
Tier tender
1 rate
2 rate
3 rate
4 rate
5 rate
BSI
$1/hr
Social worker
Crisis Intervention Manager
Rule book
Fake peeing
Institution Policy -n- Procedures
Unit library
Housing wing
Medication session
People saying "On my first bit..."
People saying "Last time I was here..."
People saying "That's my old cell."
Prison rich
Contraband
Visiting room rules
DOC
Department of Corrections
Program
When U going home?
When U get out?
What's Ur plan 2 stay out?
"Let me get a 3-way"
Prison jeopardy
This letter has been mailed from the Wisconsin prison system
All correspondence must include inmate number
Legal mail: open in presence of inmate
Hearing people say "If U don't like noise, something must be wrong w/U"
Inmate.com
Jag mag
G-shots
Girly flicks
Everything being referred 2 as money
Convict
Ice cream card
Holiday canteen items
Improper storage
Recycled air
Ain't no cable
TABE test#
Hair can only be braided - like this
No designs in Ur hair
Slop
U wanna sell Ur chicken
Man, I heard U don't eat chicken
"... This n_ don't know how 2 eat chicken. It's still meat on them bones... Let me get that"
U gone eat that?
U using that butter?
He said, he said
Rec cage
Administrative confinement
Alpha unit
Charlie unit
Delta unit
Echo unit
Foxtrot unit
Secure prison facility
Correctional institution
Room confinement
Cell confinement
Loss of room
Loss of cell
Loss of rec
Building confinement
No movement
Movement by escort only
Perimeter fence
Bubble
Sgt station
Control
Observation
Suicide watch
Suicide dress
Seg loaf
Shock shield
Goon squad
Turtle suits
"Suit up!"
"I'm gone flood my toilet..."
Milkshake (crap -n- pee in milk carton)
UA
Cause UA
Random UA
Tampering w/ seal may result in disciplinary action
Advocate
Minor ticket
Major ticket
Disciplinary disposition
MR
DMR
MD
Extension of MR
Truth in sentence
Extended supervision
Life in prison
Feed cell
Back of cell
Christmas tree (restriction magnets that decorate seg door)
Put Ur hands out the trap
Mail call
Property/disposal receipt
Wanna mail it out or have it destroyed/donated
Rehabilitative goals
Case law
Law library
Check my jacket
Face card
I got it in black -n- white
I heard dude in here 4...
When I was in County
Ultimate frisbee
Frisbee football
Pack up
What joint U going 2?
Pinners
Intake
R -n- O
Newby
Fresh meat
Old law
Old old law
Windows 2 nowhere
Proof of rehabilitation
Food services
6 x 9
Bunk rest
This MY cell
Privacy curtain
Boat (floor mattress elevator)
"SS/- 10.2"
9am radio checks
New law
My 1/2 of the room
Core South
Core North
TLP
TLU
Adjustment time
Black balls (cameras)
Throw the book at U
Single cell
Double cell
Red tagged
4 man cell
3 man cell with 1 bunk bed (do the math!)
Spackle (oatmeal)
Brake pad (meatloaf)
Facility procedure #
Institution coordinator
Administrative code
"Go 2 laundry"
Staff only restroom
Unit classroom
Inmate lockers
Act like a man -n- I'll treat U like one
C/Os saying "...tired of being... feeling like a babysitter..."
Gate 20
Gate 21
Check out
Checking in
PC
Cell fighting
Cell warrior
Fishing
Cell #
"Go back -n- touch the door..."
Northside 1
Northside 2
North 1 upper
North 1 lower
North 2 upper
North 2 lower
"Who went 2 the hole?"
"What dude go 2 the hole 4?"
"Trick my bit off"
Scared straight
Ryte program
Religious preference form
Flags
Meat -n- cheese orders
Name tag
Money on any books
Couch potato cellies
Snitch
Inmate police
Police inmates
Interstate compute
Probation & parole fees
Parole officer
Grant
Release account
When I was on the streets
In the real world
Minimum
Work release
Huber
Trustee
Model inmate
Medium
Max
Super max
The feds
Wet cell
Dry cell
Sex offender
980'd
Drop 1 flush 1
Prison gay
Gay 4 the stay
Dude named Jessica
Deule nim sword fighting in the shower
Rap sheet
Barber shop list
My stomach bought -n- paid for
Prison body
I was facing ... yrs
Involuntary unassigned
Voluntary unassigned
Negative work/school removal
Inadequate work or study performance
Game keeper
Pod
Cell extraction
Cell invasion
Legal work
Nexus
Law library
Pre release
Post release
HSA session
Snack bag
Rule book
Write up
Rag yo door
If U don't like it - bond cut
Should've thought about that B4 U came 2 prison
The police drop'n
I ain't seen a girl in real life in 30 days
John Doe letter
Life plus
Double life
Triple life
PED
Parole Eligibility Date
Block on the phone
Broke bad
Officer shopping
Manipulating the system
Bunk up slip
Drop 1 flush 1
Put some water on that shut
Officer stopping
Meat -n- cheese
Dear John letter
Walk of shame
SUD (Substance Use Disorder)
Observation
Paper P
...

Vocab Rehab #8
Request
Interview request
Request slip
Infirmary
Dodge
Intake
Penis etiquette
My 1/2 of the cell
Bunk rest
Put some pressure on Ur bunk
Ur honor
DA
Prosecutor
Charging function
Take the plea
I know U innocent, but
Take the $ off my books
Public pretender
Public defender
Mouthpiece
Branch 4
Will the defendant please rise
Jury, what say U
Bailiff
Hobby catalog
Victim witness surcharge
Restitution
How many inmates does it take...
These inmates
Work outside the fence
Work release
Override
2 striper
Put U under the bunk
Want some more spackle?
3 striper
Got 1 to go
19 secure
Waiting room
Gun tower
U gone eat that
9am radio checks
Improper storage
Green shirts
6 hrs extra duty
Unit snow shovelers
3rd shift utility
Dial 777
Emergency dial 777
Servery
Laundry slip
Personal laundry slip
Foot locker
Booty bandit
PREA
I'm not like these other inmates
...

June 14, 2016

Surely I have intervened in Ur life 4 good. Jeremiah 15:11 (NRSV)

Opened 2 this morning -n- yesterday morning. Message :) 7:28am. (6-14-16)

How has God intervened in my life 4 good?

1) By shortening my sentence
2) Teaching me fashion design
3) By blessing me w/a beautiful strong intelligent loving thoughtful daughter made in my image, most importantly His.
4) By helping me stay positive, stay calm N keep a smile on my face in the midst of adversity
5) Sending me 2 RGCI
6) Keeping me from committing adultery - literally
7) Teaching me His word
8) Name'n me anointed
9) Born in Racine
10) Kept me from Wales
11) Kept me from STD's
12) Kept me alive when I should've died
13) Had Henrietta take me 2 church (at 9)
14) Can walk again
15) Mentoring me
16) Entrusted w/ ministry, writing, teaching, cakes
17) Quiet time
18) Prayer life
19) Support system
20) Chapel clerk job kitchen etc 2 jobs
21) Move 2 6 Unit
22) Articulate
23) Wise
24) Listening ear
25) 19 yrs in prison. NO RETURN
26) Change of [heart]
27) Father not a Baby Daddy
28) 4giveness
29) Character
30) 2 blogs
31) Power w/ people
21) Break bondage 2 SM
33) Wake up calls (specially when no alarm clock)
34) Power of Holy Spirit
35) Identity
36) Saved me from being raped
37) Saved me from suicide
38) Saved me from new cases
39) Saved me from H8
40) Saved me from idolizing people
41) Blessed w/ open doors -n- closed ones
42) Financial literacy
43) Project Citizen

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