Definitions by Tizzat

S.H.U. 

Special Housing Unit
It is the prison within a prison.
See also lockup or lockdown and PC--protective custody.

Five-O found drugs up his ass, now his ass is in SHU.

S.H.U. by Tizzat January 28, 2004

hack 

A correctional officer (prison guard).

You keep an on the hack while I hide the hooch.

hack by Tizzat January 28, 2004

in the car 

To be one of the elite of a prison gang.

Don't fuck with One-Eye Billy, he's in the car.

Rico killed his way in the car.

in the car by Tizzat January 28, 2004

to hold the keys 

To be the person calling the shots in a prison gang. Also called, "shot-caller".

One-Eye Billy is holding the keys while Jack is in the hole.

to hold the keys by Tizzat January 28, 2004

buck rogers time 

To have an especially long prison sentence.

He ain't never gettin' out--he's doin' Buck Rogers time.

buck rogers time by Tizzat January 28, 2004

bang in 

To call in sick for work.

I'm supposed to work on Sunday, but I'm banging in for the Super Bowl.

bang in by Tizzat January 28, 2004

in the air

To be unfindable. To disappear like a vapor in the air.

-Where's Joe at?
-I don't know, amn. He's in the air.

in the air by Tizzat January 28, 2004