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Cheese Factory

A prison or correctional facility known for housing informants, rats, and snitches.
Ex. 1

Larry Levine also said Butner is known as a “cheese factory,” a nickname alluding to the many federal informants, or “rats,” incarcerated there.

Reuters, "Prisons Bureau says Madoff does not have cancer," August 24, 2009

Ex. 2

Martellus: Hey cuz! The homey Shakes The Clown just paroled from Mule Creek!

Demetrius: Mule Creek?!?! That Cheese Factory? That wetter musta been tellin' on hella fools!
by ZXY&ABC September 19, 2023
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Street Midget

"The muthafucka was a little guy -- a midget -- so he knew how to talk shit. Havin' been in the streets, he was a Street Midget. He wasn't no Square Midget. He was a Street Midget. He knew some Midget Shit."

Big Herc, "What happens when Midgets Go To Prison?" December 22, 2017
by ZXY&ABC August 14, 2023
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Gladiator School

Deuel Vocational Institute (DVI), a California prison located in Tracy (San Joaquin County).
Ex. 1

Prosecutor: Where were you transferred?

Boxer: I was transferred to the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California.

Prosecutor: Is that also known as DVI?

Boxer: DVI. We call it the "Gladiator School."

Prosecutor: Why is it called the "Gladiator School"?

Boxer: You go there to learn how to kill.

Testimony of Rene 'Boxer' Enriquez in USA v. Alexis Jaimez et al, September 12, 2018

Ex. 2

OG Badger: Ever hear the story about The Lawn Mower Blade Incident at DVI?

Splinter: Nah homey! What happened?

OG Badger: A dope fiend with a drug debt was deemed No Good. So the Shot Caller ordered a youngster who was on the landscaping crew to conduct the removal. The dope fiend ended up with a lawn mower blade in his chest. There were mad heads on the yard that day but no one saw nuthin'.

Splinter: That's why DVI is called the Gladiator School.
by ZXY&ABC June 1, 2023
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Hood Day

A day that represents a gang's initials, street, numbers, area code, etc. Typically grounds to hold a party, drink-up, run back on rivals, etc.
Ex. 1

"The Rollin’ 100’s hood day is October 10th. "

Footnote in P. v. Walker, May 5, 2023

Ex. 2

ChiChi: Hey fool! It's July 27! Hood Day for the Gay Boy Gangsters!

Culo: No way holmes! What's up with that?

ChiChi: G = 7 B =2 G =7... GBG = 7/27...Get it? Hood Day!

Culo: So what we gonna do to celebrate Hood Day?

ChiChi: Get the Crisco and man wipes and find out.
by ZXY&ABC May 5, 2023
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Gimped Up

Not being able to move normal
Ex. 1

Rick Escobar: You termed him, as you call it, Gimped Up.

David Beckwith: Yep.

Escobar: Tell the jury what Gimped Up means.

Beckwith involuntarily spasms as he testifies.

Beckwith: It means that he didn't move normal.

Escobar: Can you give them any better description than that?

Beckwith: No I can't.

Beckwith involuntarily spasms.

State v. Michael Keetley. Cross examination of State's witness David Beckwith. March 9, 2023.

Ex. 2

Damarcus: You see that fool D-Rock?

DaJuan: Uh huh. That cat be smokin' them bath salts. He's hella Gimped Up.

Damarcus mimes an involuntary spasm.

Damarcus: They be callin' him Spaz-Matic.
by ZXY&ABC April 7, 2023
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Paper Commitment

A California prison sentence served in County jail. Following completion of the term, the offender is transported to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Reception Center, assigned a CDCR Number, and released on parole. A Paper Commitment suggests that the offender received favorable treatment from the District Attorney's Office.
Slim: Hey homey! That fool Sneaky just got released from jail!

Zo: What? That cat was caught up in a murder case!

Slim: Sneaky got out on a Paper Commitment. Plead to being an accessory. Got time served.

Zo: Uh huh. Sneaky's been tellin'.

Slim: Cuz there's no way a bitchmade rat witness like him gets a Paper Commitment in a murder case without signin' some statements.
by ZXY&ABC April 6, 2023
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Night Sun

Ex. 1

A police chase unfolds on TV.

TV News Chopper: He's all over the place! Driving 100 miles per hour, going the wrong way, and not using his turn signal. That night sun is agitating the driver!

Ex. 2

Slim: Hey homey! I need a place to crash!

T-Bone: Why fool?

Slim: The cops raided my trap house! They put the night sun on it! That shit was brighter than an albino at an NAACP convention!

T-Bone: Word. Just keep it on the Down Low if you know what I'm sizzlin'.
by ZXY&ABC November 9, 2022
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