cellblock
Inmates' housing unit
A cellblock is a section of a prison containing a group of cells.
Prisons divide their populations into cellblocks for security and administrative purposes: The riot started in Cellblock D.
The word is sometimes written as two words or hyphenated: cell block, cell-block.
Confined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- convictJailed offender after trial
- detaineePerson held in custody
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
guard · correctional officer · sentence · lockup · solitary · isolation · custody · confinement
Horizontal structural layer
- wingLimb enabling flight
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- unitIndividual part or measure
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
bars · gate · yard · mess hall · shower · recreation · visiting room · commissary
Organized criminal groups
- riotViolent public disturbance
- snitchOne who tells authorities
- shivMakeshift stabbing tool
- prison codeInmates' unwritten behavioral rules
pecking order · lifer · fish · protection · lockdown · contraband · tattoos · jailhouse lawyer
inmate
Confined facility resident
warden · guard · correctional officer · sentence · lockup · solitary · isolation · custody · confinement · detention
tier
Horizontal structural layer
corridor · bars · gate · yard · mess hall · shower · recreation · visiting room · commissary · death row
gangs
Organized criminal groups
prison code · pecking order · lifer · fish · protection · lockdown · contraband · tattoos · jailhouse lawyer · shot caller
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- prisoninmate, jail, prison, prisoner, warden
- prisonsprison, inmates, prisons, prisoner, prison officers
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, captivity, dungeons
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- jailinmate, inmates, prisoner, bars, guards
cellblockfreedom
Absence of constraint
free world · liberty · open air · home · open world
cellblockyard
Linear measure or grounds
exercise yard · prison yard · recreation yard · recreation area · courtyard