A frequently used word in criminal circles is “huckster.” In this article we will analyze this word in detail, give several definitions and consider the areas of its use.
Etymology
Presumably, the word comes from the Turkic “barysh” or the Kyrgyz baryš ( trip, hike). And also some believe that it is somehow connected with the Russian word for “gift”.
The concept of “huckster” appeared in the criminal environment during the Soviet Union. Back then, people who were condemned for speculation were called hucksters. In Soviet times, a speculator was an entrepreneur who bought things and sold them for a profit. That is, this is a person who uses circumstances for his own selfish purposes.
Historically, being a huckster is a status that one cannot be proud of. The word is negative.
Lexical meaning
Efremova’s explanatory dictionary says that a huckster is someone who buys and resells things. The word is also used as a swear word. Such treatment does not imply a respectful and good attitude towards the interlocutor.
The meaning of the word “huckster” in Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl’s dictionary is interpreted simply and briefly. The meaning itself is no different from the one we outlined above. A huckster is a person who speculates (the definition of a speculator was given at the beginning of the article). The same dictionary also contains synonyms for the word: reseller, shuttle, trader.
Often a huckster does not go about his business alone; there is a whole network for resale, transportation, and purchase of goods. If the things that the huckster sells have the status of illegal, or simply face criminal liability for selling such things, then the huckster is most likely covered up by the people who are at the head of the pyramid and ensure the safety and security of the goods, and he is just the “bottom” " in this chain.
Use of the word in a criminal environment
In thieves' jargon, a huckster is a buyer of stolen goods. As a rule, this is a dishonest and greedy person. Today the word refers to drug dealers. Or, if we are talking about places of detention, this is a person, a cellmate, who sells tea and cigarettes among “his own people”.
There is some kind of dark humor in this - in the “Stops” section, which is about interesting places and attractions, publish a story about life in prison. Well, where else to put it, on the other hand? No one strives to make such a stop in their life’s journey, but many have to, and these are not only villains and bandits. Our interlocutor Alexey (name changed) is not a thief or a murderer, not a rapist or a swindler. A young Russian guy who, as it happens, has been serving a sentence in one of the Russian colonies under strict regime for four years now. He told “Passenger” about how life is behind bars and whether there is any benefit from such a life - by the way, risking his own safety.
Connection with will, or 15 days for “VKontakte”
Naturally, we are prohibited from conducting correspondence online. If any of the employees find out about this interview, I will face 15 days in the punishment cell (punishment cell -approx. "Passenger" ) and a serious search in order to take away everything “extra”. After all, we shouldn’t have access to the Internet or mobile communications at all. To make calls you can use a machine, now they are in every barracks - it’s called Zonatelecom. You apply for a card (you can do it virtually from outside, the main thing is to have a PIN code) and call, but only those numbers are available that are indicated in the application, and it must first be certified. Plus letters and dates. You can only use these means, but why when there are phones and smartphones? Of course, the situation with mobile communications in camps across the country is different, but to one degree or another it is available everywhere. And this is not only convenience, but also business.
We are not required to be kept under constant surveillance 24 hours a day; no guards are enough for that. This is possible when kept in cells, but not in camps. But public events - trips to the canteen, divorce, etc. - are held under the control of employees. In addition, they inspect all facilities (workshops, detachments, any place of work) several times a day, plus they regularly conduct inspections, scheduled and at will. So, when using the phone, you need to be alert. Ideally, watch the entrance through the window. In the squads there are special people for this purpose, who “sit on the chip” all day long for cigarettes or something like that. When an employee approaches, you immediately hide your phone - not in your pocket, of course, but in a place where they won’t be able to find it in case of a search. For this purpose, triggers are prepared (hides -approx. "Passenger" ) in advance.
Life in the zone: expectations and reality
It's definitely not like in the movies. I myself thought that I would have to fight from the first day. When I came here, I prepared myself mentally, but it turned out that I didn’t need to. So far I have swung seriously only once, the rest was in sports sparring. Oh, well, I once beat a rooster with a stick, but that’s the point. On the contrary, it’s almost impossible to fight. Yes, it all depends on the situation, but there is a risk of running into a showdown with thieves - for lawlessness. Here, any measures must be justified and approved. When I had to fight, I was sure that the person would not go anywhere to take it out later, everything was fair. And if you know that someone will go to thieves or garbage, it’s better to just calm down. I generally don’t like to resolve conflicts by force, but I admit that sometimes I want to when I’m tired of everything and everyone. If the trash find out about the collision, they will not look into it, but, most likely, will send both of them to the punishment cell, and who needs that? And it’s not even about the conditions in the punishment cell, what difference does it make, 15 days of the entire sentence is nothing. The reason is that this is entered into the file, and many, including me, want to leave on parole, and such records do not help at all.
As for the thieves, they can give you a few breams, or they can seriously beat you up, and that happens. They pull you in for a conversation, and if no sense comes out of the conversation, then they simply hammer you with stools and bed frames to the point of fractures, etc. But this is for serious reasons. Those who take drugs in prohibited ways are at risk - say, through a transfer window, or engage in unauthorized dealings, or gamble and do not pay off debts.
If no sense comes out of the conversation, then they simply beat them with stools and bed frames to the point of fractures.
Concepts, of course, live, but they are needed to maintain internal order, otherwise there will simply be chaos. If actions do not have consequences, then prisoners will begin to expose each other with their actions and complicate their lives. So there are snoops, and roosters (including “printed” ones), and rats - but these categories appeared long before the appearance of concepts and Russian prisons in general. Snoops usually either tend to “stick” to someone, always behave this way in life, or pay for their own stupidity - debts. Roosters are basically rapists, pedophiles, perverts, everything is clear here. And rather than open hatred towards them, let them clean the toilets and sweep the streets. There are those who were unlucky - they “extinguished themselves”, that is, they chimed with the rooster. Or they took a cigarette from him, or shook hands, or touched someone’s penis, or in some other way. Well, it's your own fault, you have to keep an eye on such things. Rats and bitches choose their own path, and this should not be allowed to remain without consequences. Moreover, all this is determined here, in captivity. That is, no one tracks your previous biography when you are free, and in prison you always have a chance to live like a human being (unless you are a pedophile). It's better to keep the rest to yourself. For example, technically you can fuck a rooster, but I believe that the mere desire to fuck another man in the ass is homosexual, so I don’t do that myself.
About the camp authorities
As for how they talk about coming to the camp: right now this is not the case here. You either accept the rules and get comfortable, or, if you deny, you end up in a punishment cell. Although this is nonsense compared to past times. They can, of course, give you bream sometimes, but the employees are also being renewed, the old-school cruel bosses are leaving. In general, the camps in this area were broken down 6-7 years ago. Before this, there was an “acceptance” when they fucked right away so that they understood where they had ended up. But then the situation was different: drugs, booze, tracksuits for everyday wear, everyone gave a damn. With the new government, everything has become stricter in terms of the regime, but at the same time without harshness from the administration.
They address prisoners mostly on a first-name basis, although there are exceptions. Some take this very seriously and are always on friendly terms with those convicted, but these are isolated cases. The authorities (that is, the administration - majors, lieutenant colonels, colonels) are quite arrogant towards the majority of prisoners. And in general they prefer to communicate with prisoners through caretakers, and they often use this for their own purposes. Those of lower rank—key holders (aka security guards), some squad leaders—behave simpler. This is how things will turn out, with everyone differently - with some it’s just on familiar terms, but with others it’s completely familiar. Here, over time, something like a professional deformation occurs - they become similar to prisoners, only in uniform.
Professional deformation: security guards become like prisoners, only in uniform.
About the red and black zones. Roughly speaking, they differ in that on the Reds the real power is in the hands of the trash, while on the Blacks the order is determined by the thieves. My zone is red, that is, the main thing is to follow the regime or the laws of common sense. Although there are thieves here too, and they have their own weight: they resolve some conflicts between prisoners, monitor the general situation, the game and compliance with unofficial laws and rules. Another thing is that they are all tied up with garbage and, of necessity, solve problems together, because both of them want to live in comfort.
About the camp hierarchy
At each facility in the zone there is a responsible convict and a responsible employee. Formally, such convicts (goats, caretakers, buggers) are not endowed with power, but in fact they have both privileges and power. They are closer to the staff than others, and often communicate with the head of the colony and his deputies. In addition to bonuses, they have responsibilities and responsibilities, including financial ones. Thus, all repairs are carried out at the expense of convicts; the administration is not inclined to spend money on this. There were many scandals associated with these things, I won’t go into details... And how the goat/supply manager/hillock will organize the work process and financial flow is his concern. As is the situation at the facility. I myself, although not a goat, invested in repairs at my work. You just have to do something, but you do something for yourself, for a more comfortable existence. For example, I perform in a club, play the guitar, we have a full-fledged band here, we have all the instruments, but where would these instruments and equipment come from? We brought everything ourselves or those who worked here before. Some from home, some bought by friends or relatives. And if nothing is repaired or brought in, then the administration will definitely notice. And he will either directly point this out to the caretaker, or simply remove him and install another one.
Day after day
A typical day depends on whether you are working or not. If you sit in a detachment all day, there is not much variety: you go outside for checks, visit the canteen, sometimes the bathhouse, the library or the gym. The rest of the time - reading, sleeping, watching TV, sorting things out, playing games, hanging out on the Internet, whatever. I work, so I’m not in the squad that much, mostly in the morning and evening. I live under easy living conditions, sleep on a single-tier shkonar and not in a huge section, but in a small cubicle with a TV. At 6 a.m. the whole squad is already standing on the street - some kind of exercise, or morning formation. Then the usual morning chores - wash, go to breakfast or cook something for yourself in the food room (“kishark”). Then it’s either divorce and work, or a morning check. My job is not dusty, I am in the voluntary fire department. Sometimes there are training alarms, sometimes there are repairs, but mostly I go about my business: reading, sports, chess, etc. Plus - lunch and another check. In the evening, in the detachment you can watch TV (I didn’t do this in the wild, but here it somehow happens naturally), but it’s better to watch something from a flash drive, if you have one. If I don’t go to work on a shift, I spend time at the club: rehearsals or anything else: books, sports, coffee, stupid things. The choice is not that great.
Holidays are celebrated in the zone, but not in a very diverse manner. On your birthday - chifir, tea, coffee and sweets. On New Year's Eve they usually change curfew, you can sit for up to an hour or two and make salads. Everything is almost as usual, only without alcohol and adventures, so there’s nothing to talk about.
Remarkable events are usually someone's failures. Just yesterday someone hanged himself because of debts.
There are incidents, but I don’t remember anything good. Remarkable events are usually someone's failures. Just yesterday someone hanged himself because of debts. This happens, in my memory they have already been hanged a couple of times, all because of debts, usually gambling. People sit down to play without having money to pay, but the excitement takes its toll. We jumped from a third-floor window twice (there is simply no higher one), but without a fatal outcome - we simply broke. One because of debts, the other, it seems, just had a leak. One died of stomach cancer; he was taken out of the zone just a few hours before his death. Before that, they took me out for treatment, but they treated something wrong. Well, little by little, it happens that goats get into trouble, this is also interesting, but only if you stew in this mess. Garbage also ends up in such situations; key holders have been caught carrying and using drugs, and reselling confiscated phones. The bosses get bigger, their own security is hunting for them. For example, we got into trouble with the removal of construction materials and fraud with telephone shipments. And the warden may be arrested, I think. There is a reason for anyone. Sometimes convicts with drugs also shoot themselves. Usually they get caught when they share it with someone - everything is as if they were free.
Since this is a strict regime, they are imprisoned here mainly for selling drugs and murders (intentional and not). 10-15 percent are the remaining articles, there are even a few bribe takers. I’m not sure about typical categories, but I’ll try to highlight a few.
Blue warrior - there are enough of them, these are those who killed someone in a fight or something like that in the blue shop. Nothing interesting; many people in our country can fall into this category sooner or later.
Old bandit - those who have been in prison for 10-20 years, or maybe not so long ago, but for typical crimes of the nineties and 2000s - murders, banditry, possession of weapons, kidnappings, etc. It's interesting to talk to many of them. In general, you somehow expect that a bandit can be immediately distinguished, but in reality this is not the case. Ordinary people, often even intelligent ones.
An ordinary Tajik - some for robbery or murder, but mostly for manipulation with heroin, this is their topic. Everyone, as a rule, did not know anything, they were asked to keep them or take them, and other nonsense.
It's best to be in prison for those who have been in prison since they were very young and don't know any other life.
Pensioners - old people are also in prison, they try to shove them together in one group, like a home for the elderly with disabilities.
Drug addicts and hucksters can be roughly divided into “old-school heroin addicts” and “pepsicole new agers”, well, that’s true, it’s easy to laugh. There are many who are imprisoned for murder, but if they had not been imprisoned, they would someday be imprisoned for drugs.
But - I repeat - in general, your article does not mean anything for life here (if it is not rape). People are all different, and here everyone behaves differently, too, which is why it is customary to look at actions, and not at the past.
It’s best to be in prison for those who have been in prison since they were very young and don’t really know much about any other life. There's really nothing to compare it with. They develop all the necessary qualities for a successful life in prison - their own special morality, in which the one who achieves his goal by any means is at his best. And if we talk about character, it would be best for a calm person who understands that there is no point in rushing anywhere. People who are too cheerful and sociable can quickly find friends, but they can end up in an uncomfortable position - saying too much, being seduced by provocation. Some people are too nervous and worry, and it’s especially hard for them in the zone. Others see their emotions and add fuel to the fire, teasing them, purely for fun. But it is seriously difficult to communicate with such sufferers, because they are trying to explain all their worries to you, but who needs that? Everyone here has their own problems. Aggressive characters will also not benefit from their character; conflicts have consequences. It is best to stay calm and act according to the situation, not to hope for a miracle, so as not to get upset. You certainly shouldn’t think about justice; you shouldn’t look for it in prison. If you seek the truth in prison, you will quickly be imprisoned.
What are the prisoners talking about?
Everyone is talking about the same thing - who is interested in what, and the news of the zone, of course, is discussed. As for feni, I’m not good at it, somehow I can live normally without it. So all the most common things come to mind: shkonka, shlenka, dalnyak, office, rat. Fuck knows, I’m not too interested in this, and there’s no strong need. For those who are interested, I recommend finding a dictionary, there are some that I have read myself. I remember being surprised at the existence of a verb that means “to jump out of a car while moving,” I don’t remember the word itself. Previously, it was truly a separate language. Here’s one more observation: already during my sentence, I often came across the word “shkvar” or “shkvarit” on the Internet, but in the zone or in the pre-trial detention center I never heard it at all, literally zero times. We use the word “quench” here. If something is extinguished, then no one except the roosters can touch this item, this is understandable.
I have never heard the words “shkvar” or “shkvar” in the zone or in the pre-trial detention center.
Another stereotype about prison life is tattoos. Yes, it is. They hit, and they hit everything, it all depends on desire and skills. As for themes and plots - somewhere it may be different, but with us - do what you want, within reason. The application technique is the same as in the wild, only the machines are homemade. It’s not difficult to do, I can assemble it myself without any problems: a motor (from a drive, for example), a body from a regular pen, a frame made of wood, aluminum or anything else, a string, a power supply or phone charger, an adjustable resistor (optional), a pair of rubber bands, glue . Nowadays all this is not difficult to collect even in the zone. Someone hits on the prison theme: rings, gaming chaos, icons. I have seen both SS and swastikas from those who previously “denied” (in my opinion, not the best idea for a tattoo), all sorts of inscriptions “got mit uns”, “only God can judge me” - these are all classics. Someone hits whatever comes to mind - as if in freedom.
Prison has everything - truth or myth?
You can often hear that money, drugs, and alcohol are quite accessible in the zone. In general, this is true, again depending on where. Money is not a problem now, before you had to drag it in and hide it, but now all payments are electronic - you open a Qiwi wallet and that’s it. If you have the Internet, you translate it yourself; if not, you call home and ask for it to be translated. There are also a lot of sharpening points, they need to be cut with something, naturally they get kicked off, but it’s not like there’s a direct hunt for them, it seems like prisoners don’t cut each other. They make their own alcohol, they make mash, they make moonshine, I don’t do that, it’s too troublesome, and even if they find it, they’ll have to go to the punishment cell, and I don’t want to drink that much. It’s not that there are drugs, but rather they exist. Sometimes someone gets into trouble with them, sometimes with hashish, sometimes with heroin. Not very often, these are personal initiatives, and they don’t always add time for this, although this does happen. But the risk is still not worth it. I had a chance to indulge during the term - several times with candies with THC from California, once I smoked garika and once I ate several nutmegs. But I don’t strive for this, and the last time was a long time ago. This is not at all the same as in the wild. The environment here is, to put it mildly, dark and depressing, and when you're tipsy, paranoia and all that prevails. Well, to hell with it, I didn’t get caught and that’s good.
How time has changed me
I have more time. I spend it on sports, self-development, reading. Plus I box, learn languages, study music, even juggle a little, so I learned something, this is definitely a positive side. In terms of spiritual changes, it’s hard to say. Maybe I've become calmer. Perhaps I now care less about the opinions of others. It seems like I know what I want from life, and I have some plans, but it will all be clear when I’m free. He's probably become more patient. But it’s like with appearance - when you see yourself in the mirror every day, it’s not so easy to notice how you have changed over several years, so I see myself and my thoughts every day, and it’s not for me to judge how I have changed or not.
And the fact that correctional colonies do not correct anyone is a fact, in our country nothing is being done for this, this is purely punishment. Everything ultimately depends on you. If you want to change your life, then you will correct in yourself what you consider necessary, and if you can only complain about circumstances, then nothing will help you.
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Those people who are in prison today and were among us just yesterday. These are someone's brothers, husbands, children and fathers. And not all of them are scumbags, maniacs, murderers and rapists. I don’t undertake to justify them, yes - these are not angels, but mere mortal sinners like the rest of us. And who has not sinned - has he lived? Those who are sinless, spit in their direction.
Tomorrow they will return to us, to our families, to become our neighbors, colleagues, friends or enemies. How did we meet them, and which of us will take their place there?
None of us are immune.
Don’t swear off money or prison!
Appreciate freedom - this is the most precious thing that a Man has, love it, cherish it, enjoy it every minute, every moment, it may be your last. Now freedom is given to a person freely from birth; he does not think about the fact that millions of people gave their lives for it. And only after losing freedom does a person understand its value, when even the word itself will delight you.
This sweet word is Freedom.
Be law-abiding citizens. Read and respect the criminal code. Know your rights and responsibilities.
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
Ninety percent of all crimes are committed while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Hence the conclusion: don’t drink or use drugs!
Everyone breaks the law, but not everyone ends up in jail. Some are lucky so far, others solve the problem on the spot. It is better to give an extra hundred to a guard or local policeman than to give tens of thousands to a judge and prosecutor.
Resolve the issue during the preliminary proceedings, no matter what the cost.
Don't take the matter to court!
If you are nevertheless “closed”, i.e. arrested, the main thing is not to panic and not to lose heart. You are not the first, you are not the last.
And people live in prison.
If you are placed in a temporary detention facility (temporary detention center), you don’t need to shout “you don’t have the right,” demand to see an arrest warrant, or demand a phone number to call a lawyer. Temporary detention center workers will never accept you without accompanying documents. And they don't care about the rest. Spoiling their mood is no worse for yourself. Fulfill all their demands silently, with self-esteem, even when they inspect your underwear and you stand in front of them in what your mother gave birth to. Don’t try to please them, cajole them or promise them anything; little depends on them.
Try not to anger them!
The cell door is opened in front of you. Calm down, no one will kill you, the same people as you are sitting there, they just were brought not an hour, not a day, not two before you. When the door slams behind you, try not to look scared, say “general hello” loudly, but without shouting, it is not customary here to shake hands with those you don’t know, remember this once and for all, below I will explain why? All the attention of the “hut” (cell) will be drawn to you, if experienced prisoners are sitting there, they will invite you and point you to an empty seat. They’ll ask what your name is, where you’re from and why you’ve been brought? Answer briefly, but not unambiguously, and don’t go into too much detail.
And remember three rules: three NOTs
Do not trust, do not fear, do not ask!
If the preventive measure chosen for you is arrest, consider that 80 - 90% of the time you will receive a prison term. Therefore, it is better not to console yourself with the thought that you are not here for long. Do not despair, all the great people whom history remembers went through this test and, perhaps thanks to them, achieved success. From the first minutes, the way you introduce yourself to your cellmates is how you will be treated until the end of your sentence. And remember, any deadline has one thing, but it has a very good property: it becomes shorter every day, which is why they say: the sooner you go to jail, the sooner you get out.
You will be kept in the temporary detention center for several days until you are transferred to the pre-trial detention center (pre-trial detention center). The first fear has already passed, if not, pull yourself together. Don’t try to be the first to make contact with your cellmates, but don’t push anyone away either - keep your distance. Listen more, take a closer look at them. Fate will bring you together with some of them for many years to come. Usually in temporary detention centers, first-time prisoners are kept separately from those who have already served time. But among them there will definitely be those who once “communicated” with former prisoners. So they teach the first lesson - how to behave in the “hut”:
Lesson 1: Don’t give people in uniform or people in uniform a reason to reprimand you.
Lesson 2: Don't refuse to do what everyone else is doing and don't do what no one else is doing.
Lesson 3: Only idiots are not afraid of anything; a normal person must experience fear.
But some fight it, others give up.
Fear only God.
If the case has reached the pre-trial detention center stage, consider that you have already received a sentence. I repeat, do not lose heart. Prepare yourself for several months of being in a confined space in the company of ten, two thousand people just like you, I repeat, people just like you. In correctional institutions of all types, everything is arranged according to the principle of a conveyor belt: some leave, others take their place, but so that a part of the prisoners remains, which passes on the internal rules and hostel rules to the newcomers, so that there are no deviations from the norm. This is where you need to listen and remember everything and everyone. Moreover, for the first three days you are considered a guest, they look after you, explain you, show you, help you. Then you get into formation. And here everything will depend on how you have learned the basics of prison life...
Now some advice to the relatives and friends of the prisoner. While in prison, a person undergoes a reassessment of values. The institution of the family again comes first: parents, brothers, sisters, wife, children. And only then does a person remember about friends, or rather drinking buddies. The person understands how wrong he was in their choice. From the first days, try to do everything to: firstly, he felt that he was not abandoned in trouble, that they were thinking about him and doing everything to help him. Secondly, hire a good, I REPEAT A GOOD LAWYER. HIS SERVICES ARE EXPENSIVE, BUT BARGAINING IS NOT APPROPRIATE HERE. THROUGH A LAWYER YOU WILL BE CONSTANTLY AWARE OF ALL AFFAIRS. THIRD, PROVIDE YOUR WELLNESS WITH FOOD, AND HERE'S HOW.
Of course, in correctional institutions they provide food and no one dies of hunger here, but... Deliveries from home are not just something tasty. This is a constant reminder: we love you, we remember you, we are waiting for you, and this is more important than cutlets and sausage. Speaking of sausage: she needs to pamper her protégé regularly. At first, it is advisable to give him parcels every day. To reduce time, transfer everything in the original packaging:
- black tea - this is for chifir (prison cognac) - 1 pack;
- refined sugar - 1 kg;
- candies - 300 gr;
- gingerbread - 0.5 kg;
- milk powder - 0.5 kg;
- condensed milk - 1 can;
- stew - 1 can;
- instant food products - a couple of packs;
- cigarettes - 2-3 packs.
If it's homemade, it's in disposable containers. Be sure to send him a spoon, cup, mug.
Personal hygiene products are a must, and not only in prison. Send him: a set of white bed linen, two towels, toothpaste, a brush, soap (laundry and toilet), a pair of disposable machines, a pair of family panties, socks, T-shirts, a black shirt and trousers (now this color will be the most fashionable for his entire life ), slates for baths. If it's winter, make adjustments. Yes, be sure to have a handkerchief, toilet paper, pen, notebook and newspapers.
Please note that your ward is not alone in the cell and he will have to share with his cellmates, and they, in turn, will share with him. The more often you remember it, the better your attitude towards it will be. But do not overdo it so that it is not within your budget, otherwise he will feel guilty before you. And then his cellmates will look askance at him out of envy.
With the permission of the investigator, visits are allowed in the pre-trial detention center, albeit short-term, but still. Therefore, take advantage of every opportunity to see each other and talk. Now visits for the prisoner become a holiday that they look forward to, counting the days.
Let's go back to the cell again. You have already begun to get used to it, the fear has passed, you have taken a closer look at people - people of different character, age, occupation before the arrest. The days flowed steadily, rise and fall, and the day passed. There are 24 hours in a day: you sleep 8 of them, 2 hours are spent checking, eating, etc. What to do with the remaining 14 hours? You can, of course, listen to the stories of fellow inmates about their adventures and “escapes.” But he takes care of his soul, body and mind.
In my personal experience, in the wild, very few people think about the soul, about the eternal, about God. Because there are too many temptations, everyone is running, there is no time to even think about where? For what? In prison you stop, look back and realize that you ran in the wrong place, with nothing, and most importantly in vain. But in your heart you want to be free again and think that now, God willing, everything will be different. As a rule, there are believers in the cell - Muslims, Christians. You see that true believers are better than us - they have different eyes, faces and thoughts, and you involuntarily reach out to him and thank God...
In a pre-trial detention center, the total area of the cell is no more than 15-20 m2, of which no more than 5 are free for walking, and this is for 15-20 people. And if you sit for 2-3 months without moving, your muscles will begin to atrophy, you will be lethargic and frail. Therefore, you need to exercise: do push-ups, squats. The bunks (beds) in the cell are located so that you can practice on them like on uneven bars. In a month you will feel how your muscles have gained strength. Then regular exercise will become a habit and again thank God.
Yes, we almost forgot that the investigation into your case is still ongoing. An investigator should come to you for questioning. There is a small nuance here. If illegal methods, to put it mildly, could be used against you in the investigator’s office, you were scared and confused. Now everything will be different. You came to your senses and thought about your punishments. Build a line of defense so that the interrogation reports are written as it actually happened, or as you want, and not as the investigator wants it.
You have received an indictment. Read it carefully several times. Each accused person is given the last word. You must think over this word so that it makes a positive impression on the judges. Judges are people too. For any article, the law provides for a minimum and a maximum term limit. For example, from 8 to 12 years in prison. Task number one is to get the minimum. You must solve this problem together with your lawyer. At the trial, you must play a role according to all the laws of Stanislavsky, so that he does not exclaim I DO NOT BELIEVE. Judges should feel compassion for you, not disgust, pity, not revenge.
When I heard my first sentence: 6 years in prison to be served in a maximum security colony. I thought that my life was over. I just didn’t believe that this was all happening to me. But life goes on. Firstly, this is not a death sentence or even life imprisonment. I saw people who were given 25, 30 years in prison. I don’t know what they were experiencing at that moment. One can only guess. But my 6 years seemed just funny to me. The guy was not yet 20 years old; he served in the army. A fight, a shot and 21 years in prison. Imagine - in 6 months, you will turn 20 years old since you were born, and you are given 21 years in prison. Can you imagine his condition, the condition of his father, his mother, they are older, they have been waiting for their son home from prison for three years now, his sentence is about to end. They select his bride one by one and prepare for the wedding. If you describe only this tragedy you will get a whole book. I'll probably do that. And there are tens of thousands of such tragedies. You say: what about the condition of a mother who has lost her son, whom she will never, never marry, and will not play with his children and her grandchildren? I'm not defending these people - I'm just saying that they exist. They, including me, are someone’s son, brother, husband, father, friend, neighbor, colleague. I'm not asking you to help me sympathize. I'm just telling you I am, I'm alive, I'm a prisoner, I'm a person. Sorry for the lyrical digression. So there are no short deadlines, but even the longest deadline is getting shorter every day. And the day will come when your call will also ring.
Within 10 days after receiving the verdict, you have the right to appeal it to higher authorities. And if you do not agree with the verdict, be sure to take this opportunity. You will spend the entire time the litigation drags on in a pre-trial detention center.
OK it's all over Now. All the I's have been dotted, you're waiting for the stage to enter the zone. No need to fuss, terrorize your family, bring this, bring that. Go to the zone on the easy way. The smaller the bag, the lighter, the better. Here is an approximate minimum of things: cup, mug, spoon, toothbrush, disposable machine, soap, towel, bed and underwear, black trousers, shirt, sugar, black tea, cigarettes, matches. Everything else is superfluous. When you are brought to the zone, you will be in quarantine for the first 15-20 days. Dating is prohibited there, but transfers are allowed. There they will explain everything to you, tell you, show you. Listen and remember; they won’t repeat it; it depends on how you spend your time in the zone.
Well, here's the zone. You will be assigned to some detachment, where you will spend the entire term, you don’t choose the barracks, they are all the same. They will meet you, take you to the barkeeper, he will explain everything, show you where you will sleep, who to contact if you have questions, and they will definitely appear. There are people in the passage where you will sleep, they will help you at first - but...
There is no need to rush to open your soul to anyone, be it your fellow countrymen, acquaintances and other well-wishers. First, take a closer look at what the zone breathes, figure out who is who, and with whom you are on the way. And there are many paths and roads in the zone. And here you only have one attempt as a miner.
The contingent of the zone, and this is from 1 to 4 thousand people, is divided by suit and region. And the zones are black and red. The color of the zone indicates who commands the zone - the state represented by the administration or the underworld represented by thieves in law or authorities of this world: depending on the color, certain rules of residence apply. I personally sat in the red zone and will talk about what I saw and experienced there. Although I have heard stories from experienced prisoners about cuttings in black zones and they are completely different. But since there are fewer and fewer of them, my advice may be useful to you. For example, in the country where I was sitting there is not a single, black, zone out of 11 operating zones of all containment regimes. So…
By “suits and areas” - what does this mean.
In any zone there is a guard - someone who looks after the zone. He is elected at a gathering of authoritative, so-called general, prisoners. The duration of his tenure in this “post” is determined by the period of deprivation of his freedom, or at his request, or if he committed some act unworthy of his position, or if he fails to cope with this “work.” All his orders - “runs” - are mandatory for all prisoners, otherwise those who violate them are severely punished. Next are his associates, i.e. those who are nearby. Then they go “to the saints,” that is, those people who look after the holy places: punishment cell, quarantine, hospital. They make sure that in these places there is no shortage of cigarettes, chifir, glucose, drugs, medicines and other little things; for this purpose they collect removals from the entire zone. They also have their own team of loyal boys.
Next come the baroque. They keep order in the barracks. A lot depends on them, they are also chosen by men from their midst and his word is law. They practically keep order in the “if it weren’t for them, everyone would have killed each other within a week” zone. In the barracks live from 100 to 200 prisoners, most of them from 20 to 35 years old, who have gone through and are going through such a “school” of life that cannot be envied. Murderers, robbers, raiders, robbery, racketeering, hooliganism, serious assault - lethal bodily harm, and so on and so forth. They must be held with a tight rein, which is what the barman and his henchmen, among whom there are “bulls” and “torpedoes,” do, as a frightening argument in the hands of the barman. And here’s my advice: don’t get into this “suit” category, where it won’t work out well for the rest of your life, but do you need this?
The other suit is “non-paths”, that is, those who go a different way, they include “balanders” - canteen workers “watchmen” - who stand with bandages on the doors “shnyri” - those who serve officers wash, clean, bring - give “SPPshniks” is a section for promoting crime prevention, a kind of voluntary squad of “goats”.
Cultural traders, foremen, orderly clerks - this is also not your path. I was a “huckster” in the zone—it used to be called a speculator, now it’s a businessman, but in the zone it’s called a “huckster.” He pronounces this word with disdain, but he can’t live without it. There are zones without a thief, but there are no zones without a huckster. Each huckster has his own specialization. Some sell drugs, others sell food - snacks, others sell clothes, I sold phones, SIM cards and everything related to mobile phones. I’ll tell you the job, I won’t envy you, on the one hand, you are being hunted by the zone administration, and on the other hand, every prisoner considers it his duty to deceive you. If I were to return everything back now, I wouldn’t do it at all and I wouldn’t advise you to do it. But in the zone and in the criminal world as a whole, they don’t wash themselves and don’t wash themselves off.
I am a huckster and that says it all.
The third suit is the separated ones. The most despicable “roosters” most often become them in “young children”, where, as I heard, there was real chaos. The most violent criminals, oddly enough, are children - teenagers under 16 years of age. In a strict mode of lawlessness, no one will force you to “put you down” only if you yourself do not want it and this is not welcome. Then come those who are imprisoned for raping minors - this category is not particularly respected among prisoners and even outside. Next come the “rats” - those who steal from their own. In general, in the zone no one has the right to take anything without “good”, even if this thing lies unattended, kill it on your nose. Next come the “gargled ones” - these are those who, knowing that they are separated, shake hands with them, drink or eat with them from the same cup, smoked the same cigarette with him, etc. The next category is “balaboly”, i.e. those who promised did something and didn’t do it. This concerns serious things. For example, a card debt was not paid on time. When a not very serious question is told to him that he is “not solid”, but is not separated, what does separated mean? They even have their own place in the toilet; this refers to the words “your place is near the bucket.” No comments here.
He is a man even in Africa. The whole zone rests on the guy. In any zone there is an industrial zone where there are various workshops. You can choose according to your liking and abilities. Here you will have only advantages. Firstly, the time passes unnoticeably, and secondly, you will always be well-fed, dressed, and shod. No matter the salary at which they shop in the store, or buy after the call. Welders, electricians, turners, construction workers, finishers, and tailors are especially valued. If you don’t know how to do this, you have the opportunity to learn, especially for free. My advice is to be a man.
Well, I have listed for you the main categories into which the contingent of the zone is divided, the choice is yours. In general, I would formulate the golden rule of life in a colony this way. Live in such a way that you don’t interfere with others’ lives, but don’t allow them to interfere with your life. Prison is the perfect place to take care of your body, soul and mind.
I have already mentioned playing sports. For example: you were given 6 years of imprisonment. Half a year has already flown by. You've already gotten used to it, you've taken a closer look. In any zone there is a sports ground, an hour in the morning, an hour in the evening, after 5-6 months you won’t recognize yourself. As for the mind, there is a library in each zone, I don’t know about others, but where I sat there was a good choice. Remember a book is a source of knowledge. As for me, I was studying the Koran. Praise be to Allah, there were good teachers in the zone who were trained in the best madrassas in the world and were imams of large mosques and even cities. With this I combined activities for the mind and soul.
To be continued.
The address “huckster” can be heard quite often, but many have no idea what, or rather, who this word means. Who are these hucksters, and why are they called that?
Who is this huckster
Huckster is a slang word that originates from the criminal world. In Russia, this concept began to be used in the dashing 90s, when small businesses were developing. There were an enormous number of hucksters then, since everyone wanted to sell something, mind their own business and make a considerable profit from it. The word “huckster” has many meanings, since the concept is vague, but several main ones can be identified.
- Illegal trader, buyer of stolen goods. Engaged in the sale of weapons and other prohibited items on
- Drug dealer. In general, this meaning is very close to the first, since a drug dealer may well sell weapons, but very often drug dealers are called drug dealers. A good example in the movie is Jay and Silent Bob.
- In some cases, a huckster is simply a very greedy, unpleasant merchant, eager to make a profit at any cost. The word has an offensive and derogatory meaning. Most often, such hucksters have very few buyers.
The meaning of the word "huckster" in prison
Go ahead. We have already figured out who the free huckster is. The meaning of the word in prison is somewhat distorted. In places not so remote, all merchants are called this way. What they sell does not matter; the word “huckster” applies to any reseller. Of course, it is difficult to find weapons and drugs in prison (but perhaps prisoners now have much more opportunities and a much more open connection with the will). But ordinary goods such as tea, cigarettes, hygiene products are in great demand. In prison, ordinary money is practically worthless, so most often there is a barter exchange: goods for goods. This is exactly the kind of trade that hucksters do.
Drug dealers who have been released from the outside are not treated very well in prison. According to thieves' concepts, it is understood that when you sell drugs, you are ruining someone else's life and health for money, so drugs should be given as a gift. The meaning of the word “huckster” has undergone changes, but has retained its essence.
What is given in the material are commonly used words and jargons of thieves, slang, and phrases used in the thieves, near-thieves, prison or youth environment.
There are also commonly used words of rough vocabulary and professional jargon from various fields.
The collection is compiled from publicly available materials, therefore it does not claim to be 100% accurate and objective, and is presented for informational purposes only.
Mat, rude/vulgar forms in words and expressions are cryptographed.
Completely outdated concepts (like the name of a twenty-kopeck coin, which simply does not exist now) are excluded. We will be glad to see additions and corrections in your comments.
A
Abakumych - crowbar, crowbar.
Abwehr - operational unit of the ITK
Abyssinian tax is a bribe.
Abopol – count.
Abrotnik is a horse thief.
Paddy wagon, paddy wagon - a vehicle for transporting prisoners, ZK.
Automatic machine – bench, writing pen.
A machine gunner is a person who evades conscription.
Authority is the highest caste in the hierarchy of criminal subordination. Preferred synonyms: prisoner, tramp, tramp, swindler, etc. Classic euphemisms (such as people, zhigans, plowmen, etc.) are now used much less.
Authoritative - a person who has a very high status in the thieves' circle of prisoners, thieves and men. There are no devils, castes or other lower groups in the castes.
An activist is a prisoner who openly cooperates with the administration.
Activation - release due to illness or disability.
Amba - end, death.
The prisoner is a thief in law, or a criminal, or an authoritative/respected prisoner.
Atas is an alarm signal, an unreliable business.
An athlete is a support person who carries out reprisals and threats of violence, a militant.
B
Grandmas, loot, filks, chips, crunches - money, currency.
Babon, bobon, bobby - a police car.
Talk - talk, discuss.
Cormorant is a cheeky guy, a hooligan. Used contemptuously. It is not customary to use it among authoritative people and serious prisoners.
To make a fuss, to make a fuss – to go on a rampage, to run into problems.
A mess is a disorder in a place of detention or residence, an unprovoked lack of order.
Balabas - bummer, failure
Balabol - liar
Balander - distributing food in the Ministry of Health
Ballerina is a special tool for breaking safes and locks.
Ban, jargon - station.
Banking - bargaining, trading, handing over, pouring.
Ram is a stupid person.
A huckster is a businessman, a middleman. Formerly a speculator. Nowadays, more often - a person selling tobacco, alcohol and drugs in the zone, engaged in the resale of stolen goods in the wild.
Barishnik - buyer, drug dealer.
Heads are currency, money.
Bayan is an injection syringe.
Squirrel - fever, haste.
White Swan - (EPKT) is a slang name for prisons of eight regional forestry departments. The origin of the jargon is unknown, presumably from the name of the site where the first prison was built (a forest area with that name in Solikamsk).
A non-escort prisoner is a prisoner with reduced strictness of movement within a secure facility.
Lawlessness - arbitrariness, lawlessness, uncontrolled violence.
Lawlessness of thieves, wool - deliberate violation of prison law by thieves or wool in relation to other prisons.
A lawless person is an employee of a place of detention (MP) or a prisoner who commits lawlessness.
Tusk is a stupid person.
Bixa is a woman, a prostitute.
Beemer, boomer, bomb - a BMW car.
Scourge is a weak-willed, spineless, humiliating person who serves others.
Blatnoy – the highest status in the hierarchy of prisoners. Must have an impeccable reputation: be a professional criminal, not work in a zone, live according to “concepts,” not serve in the army, etc. In addition, they must have a reputation in the wild - not work, for example, as taxi drivers, not belong to a party, not go to rallies, etc. There are a lot of requirements. The thieves are the second power – always fighting the “red” (official) power of the zones. The thieves have significant privileges - they can not work, take whatever they want from the common fund, etc. The thieves also have responsibilities - for example, organizing the supply of “heat” to the zone (tobacco, drugs, alcohol, etc.), “resolving” disputes and conflicts, ensuring peace and order among the gang. The thieves also have their own hierarchy. Thief in law - brother-in-law - authoritative - boy - well-off - fighter. The names themselves may vary depending on age and region. For example, a person who is close to criminals can be called a fraer, simply a criminal - a trump fraer, etc. Defining the “specialty” of a thug’s nickname can also be used: lookout, corner, support, etc.
Beans - finance.
Bodyaga is empty chatter, nonsense.
A fighter is a prisoner - a performer. By decision of the meeting, he uses violence against other prisoners (or employees of the Ministry of Health), up to and including murder. Also - an athlete, a gladiator, a bull. The fighters, as a rule, are thieves, but do not have the right to vote on the gangway and have no authority.
A tramp is an authority figure or a prisoner who lives according to “concepts.”
Bolt, zhikovina – signet, ring.
The beard is a bummer in business.
Brothers - thieves; or prisoners living according to concepts; or the composition of one chamber.
Bracelets are handcuffs.
A brigade is a group of several dozen fighters. At the head is a foreman responsible for their actions.
A tramp is a tramp.
BUR - high security barracks. PCT.
To drill is to drive nonsense, an unreasonable attack that threatens trouble.
The bull is a fighter, arrogant.
Bulling is defiant behavior.
Bull, bull - cigarette butt. If one prisoner asks another to “leave”, this must be done.
IN
In nature - seriously, responsibly.
Wax – vodka, alcohol.
Jack is six.
Watch - duty room of the supervisory staff; premises for ITU personnel and security (soldiers of the internal troops).
Vertukhai - guard, overseer, guard.
The paddle is a spoon.
Warming up/heating - money, drugs, tea, alcohol, communications and other things and items necessary in the Ministry of Health, often prohibited, supplied illegally through freemen or by bribing guards.
Vzroslyak – “adult” zone (for adult prisoners).
Pitchfork - a stalemate, hopelessness.
Take the apartment - take the blame for the wood grouse (unsolved theft from the apartment).
Smoke it, buy it, buy it - understand.
Break in - hand over information about hiding places or people to an operative officer.
Get into trouble - take a drug or get caught red-handed.
Volyn - firearms, Volga car.
Free, Volnyashki, Volnyashi are civilian employees of the Ministry of Health who do not have special titles. As a rule, they participate in shadow commodity transactions in the Ministry of Health, handing over small items and prohibited items.
Thief in law, Thief is the elite of the criminal and prison world, patriarch, leader, initiate. They cannot work, have children, have a family, serve in the army, several “walks” are required and there is no contact with the intelligence services. Requirements may change over time.
Thieves' orders are new rules created as a result of a dispute between prisoners or in response to regime measures by prison authorities. Some “concepts” and prison law are made up of orders.
The Thieves' Law is a set of rules mandatory for thieves and living according to "concepts".
Funnel - autoZAK.
Harness - to intercede, to protect.
Rub in, stick in, explain - explain, explain.
VTK is an educational labor colony. ITU (camp type) for juvenile prisoners (age from 14 to 18 years). Since 1997, VTCs have been renamed into VK - educational colonies.
Otter is a master key.
Ransom - guess, track, identify the right person (for example, an informer in a cell).
Break out - leave the cell with the permission of the administration and under its protection, transfer to another cell with the permission of the administration.
Expose, kick out - rob the apartment.
The exhaust is fat.
G
Nut - ring.
Chief Rooster - The eldest in the caste of the lowered. Has the functions of representative, negotiator, organizer, etc.
Gladiator is a fighter.
Gold, red, red, rust, jaundice - gold, precious metal.
Smut is a problem.
Drive, drive, cheat - tell lies, nonsense.
The persecuted is a liar, a dreamer.
Gopnik is a robber who takes property from citizens using violence (banditry, robbery) or through intimidation.
Gop-stop - street attack, robbery, robbery.
Competently - thoughtfully.
Grev - warming up.
Grevak is a parcel of currency.
Load - extort, intimidate.
GUIN - Main Directorate for the Execution of Punishments. All Ministry of Health is under the authority of the department. Previously - GULAG - Main Directorate of Camps (period 30-50s of the last century), GUITC - Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Colonies (mid - late 50s), GUITU - Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Institutions (60s - mid 80s), GUID - Main Directorate for Correctional Affairs (before perestroika). GULAG is a word that has become a household word, symbolizing a machine for grinding human destinies and exterminating people in times of tyranny of power.
D
DCK is a children's educational colony.
Demon - damn.
Decil, decl, decel, drek, kropal - a small person, a little something.
DISO - Disciplinary ISOLator. Cell for violators of the VTK regime. Unlike the punishment cell, it has a more lenient regime of detention. The maximum period is 7 days.
DK is a children's colony.
The doctor is a lawyer.
A burglar is a burglar.
Finish - sleep.
DPNK - duty assistant to the head of the colony.
DPNSI - assistant on duty to the head of the pre-trial detention center.
Drap is a plan (drug).
DTK - children's labor colony. Until the 50s - a camp for juvenile delinquents.
Dubak is a spinner.
Dura - trunk.
Fool - 1. A person under investigation who is sent for a psychiatric examination. 2. A person under investigation who has “successfully” passed a psychiatric examination and who has been declared insane by the examination. 3. A prisoner declared mentally ill.
To play the fool, to play the fool - to behave frivolously, to make a mistake.
Dushnyak is the creation of unbearable conditions for several or one ZK to influence others. It can be carried out by thieves, or it can be carried out by the administration of the Ministry of Health.
The devil is the devil.
E
An e*atorium is a den, a troublesome business.
Egor is a thief under suspicion of ratting, framing, snitching, etc.
Yeldash is Asian.
Yelnya - thieves.
EPKT is a single chamber-type room.
Ermolai is a fool.
AND
Toad, toad strangles - envy, stinginess, reluctance due to disadvantage.
The wife is a pillow.
A woman is a mattress.
The perch is a window.
Zhen - stepladder, ladder.
Tin - railroad.
Crookshanks is an investigator.
Liver, canteen - canteen.
Zhigan is impudent, impudent.
Zhiztochka - dear, kind.
Fat is luck.
Zhmur is a dead man.
Zhuda - trouble, grief.
Juju is a thief in authority.
A swindler is a thieves.
To bug is to scold.
Zhek is a penknife or miniature knife.
Z
To clog, to clog - set a time for a meeting to sort things out.
A darkened cell is a cell where the ZKs are sitting, having broken out of other cells.
Sausage - kill.
Law - “concepts”. A set of informal rules about life, conflict resolution, behavior of thieves and other castes of the ZK.
To look askance is to become like someone.
To screw up - to spoil, damage.
Lock up - put on handcuffs.
Prisoner – ZK, a person sentenced to serve a sentence of imprisonment.
To finish is to touch a “normal” object by someone from the “omitted” caste. Any object touched by the “lowered” one is considered “finished”, that is, unclean and “correct” prisoners are now strictly forbidden to take it.
Close - put in a punishment cell or temporary detention center, be convicted.
Get knocked up, get knocked up, get caught - get caught.
Lay it down, dry it - deliver it.
To stir up, stir up - to organize something.
Remembered - lowered.
Send beans - pay.
Zapadlo is a wrong act, a violation of a prison norm, which for prisons of different groups can be both common and different.
Prohibition is a forbidden area.
A prohibited strip is a strip of a trail strip leveled in a special way in the MZ fencing system, on which the traces of an intruder are visible. To equalize a ban is a shameful job; the ZK who agreed to it automatically becomes a “goat.” Although the use of security guards in such work is officially prohibited, the administration often resorts to this to break up particularly zealous thieves.
To be mined is to touch a “finished” object or place, to become desecrated.
Correspondence student is a single woman by correspondence.
Sharpening – a long metal sharpened rod (stiletto). Steel arms.
To moor, to seize - to catch.
To desecrate is almost the same as to “finish” - to desecrate. An item can sometimes be "cleansed" by a special ritual.
Grind - finish.
To call is to serve a sentence.
Zenks, balls - eyes.
ZK, Zek, convict – prisoner(s). Obsolete from “Prisoner Canal Army Man” - concepts of the 30s of the last century.
ZNRS is a persistent violator of the detention regime.
Zone - 1) general name for places of detention. 2) Part of the MH (residential area, work area, etc.).
Playing bullshit is the last chance given to those who lose at cards. In case of victory, he relieves himself of the debt; in case of defeat, he becomes destitute.
IVS – temporary detention facility.
ITK is a correctional labor colony. Camp facility for adults. Since 1997 – Correctional Colony.
ITU is a correctional labor institution. General name of MZ. Since 1997 - correctional institution - correctional institution.
Hospital-type ITUs are special hospitals for prisoners with cell-based detention and a gentle regime.
TO
Boar, lobster, gelding – Mercedes S 600
Gimp - violation of rules in relationships, violence of one ZK over another, etc.
Canola is new.
Capo - informer, informer, informer. The term is borrowed from the concepts of German concentration camps.
To throw around cabbage is to waste currency.
Cough on your mobile phone, cough - call, send SMS.
To sleep - to sleep, to rest.
Kentovka is a family.
Kivala - people's assessor, juror.
Killer is a killer.
Throw - deceive, set up.
Kipezh, kipish - unrest, unrest in the Ministry of Health, provoked by both the administration and the ZK groups.
To smoke - to drink alcohol.
Sour – million.
Kichman - MOH, prison.
Clift – suit, good clothes.
A clown is an empty person, dejected.
To tear claws - to run away.
Kozel – has openly collaborated in the present or past with the administration of the Ministry of Health. Low caste ZK. It is an insult that must be punished with immediate punishment, including murder. In everyday speech, and even more so in the hair dryer, all derivatives from goat are prohibited, and names are replaced (for example, the game of dominoes “goat” is called “one hundred and one”, etc.).
The “goats” themselves call themselves “red”, “positive”, “activist”, etc. Until the 50s, the same as "rooster".
The trump fraer is a thieve.
Wheels, wheels - drugs, medicines, shoes.
To rant - to be violent, to be impudent, to become impudent.
Colony, colony-settlement - ITC.
Commerce is an entrepreneur “under a roof.”
A communard is an economic person who loves order.
Piggy bank - women's private parts.
Controller - security officer, supervisor.
Horse - an illegal connection between cameras by, for example, stretching a rope. Type of thieves' mail.
Kopach is an investigator.
The stern is the ass.
Bark beetle - MZ for juvenile offenders, semi-open type. Special schools for students from 11 to 14 years old, Special vocational schools for teenagers from 14 to 18 years old.
Short walk is a game with matches.
Barks, crusts - shoes, identity card.
Korczak is a diligently working ZK.
Koryanka is a loaf of bread.
Mower (oblique) – a thousand.
Jamb – 1. Violation of “concepts”. 2) Armband with pointer. 3) Misconduct, unsuccessful action; 4) A rolled-up cigarette or cigarette with a drug (for example, anasha).
Kosyachny is a person who constantly violates “concepts”.
Koknard - poppy swill.
Boilers - clocks.
Kotsy, Lapps - shoes, shoes.
The red zone is a zone where the administration of the Ministry of Health maintains order, and the authority of thieves is suppressed or absent. Castes are forcibly mixed, the strictest discipline is in force, denunciation is encouraged, and the slightest disobedience is met with severe punishment.
Red is a euphemism for "goat". Activist.
Sprinkle, sprinkle - grind the drug.
A circle is a community, often fellow countrymen. Arrow at the highest level.
Twist through the mattress - mattress.
Wing - a special armband, which means the entry of the ZK into the asset, into cooperation with the administration. His transition to the “goats”.
Indoor - prison-type ITU. Convicted for especially serious crimes and persistent violators of regimes are detained and sent.
The Rat is one who steals from his own people, taking advantage of trust.
Roof is a criminal group that ensures the safety of the client in exchange for a percentage of the business (turnover, income).
Ksiva – 1. Identity document. 2. Letter, note, code. It is most often transmitted illegally through “faithful” people.
To break the document - to check the documents.
Kum is an employee of the operational unit, operatives.
Nepotistic mutiny is the deliberate provocation of unrest and lawlessness by the administration to achieve its goals, spreading rot, bullying, and spreading defamatory rumors.
Nepotism (joke) - a type of swindle involving planting drugs, weapons, etc. in the ZK’s belongings.
Nepotistic weed is nepotistic mud.
L
Lave – money.
Laiba is a machine.
Laskun is a master of oral affairs.
Stall, stall – 1. Retail outlet for prisoners. 2. Products and items purchased at the stall.
A cop is an employee of law enforcement agencies or special services.
Lepen is a jacket.
A false thief is a snow thief.
Lokalka, local zone – residential areas within the MH limited by territory and fencing.
Local tower - a tower with a cabin for supervising order.
Breaking - 1. Various methods of influencing a prisoner to achieve their goals. 2. Physical suffering of a drug addict who has not taken the next dose.
Shovel - wallet.
Loch, loshok, loshina, loser - not a kid, stupid, simpleton.
Lokhovoz - bus, trolleybus, etc.
Health care facility is a local preventive area within the Ministry of Health for the detention of regime violators. Since 1997 - called SUS (zone with strict containment conditions).
LTP - medical labor dispensary. An institution for alcoholics and drug addicts. Liquidated in 1994.
People are thieves. Almost never used.
Lam - a million.
Lyarva, monkey - prostitute.
M
Maza – opportunity, chance.
Malanets – Jew.
Malina is an apartment, a house where thieves live or wait, gather.
Juvenile – 1. Convicted minor; 2) Special institutions for the detention of juvenile offenders (special schools, etc.); 3. Part of the pre-trial detention center where minors are kept.
Malyava - ksiva. Sometimes it's more personalized.
Mom, mom, mom - one of the leaders from the lowered caste. Acts in tandem with “dad” - another leader. Mainly engaged in business affairs and pimping. On the outside - a pimp.
Mamon, momon - belly.
Suit - 1. Group in the thieves hierarchy. Black (thieves) – Gray (men) – Red (goats) – Blue (lowered). Moving up by caste is almost impossible and can be downward. 2. The ZK belongs to a certain caste.
Olive, butter - bullet, cartridges, ammunition.
Suit – tattoo, omitted.
A mattress is a way to prolong confinement in a punishment cell. After serving the sentence, the prisoner is allowed to spend the night in the zone on his own mattress (place), after which he is again thrown into a punishment cell for the entire term.
A mattress cover is a cover stretched over the mattress in which the ZK carries his things.
Makhnovists - Polish thieves.
Terry, shag is a drug for smoking.
Slow, gerych, gera - heroin.
Cop, Milton - employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The cop lawlessness is complete lawlessness perpetrated by the administration of the Ministry of Health to achieve its goals.
To shrink - to get scared
Dead - without a hint, unpromising, don’t like it.
Kneading clay is a homosexual act.
Broom – 1. Language (a common expression - watch the broom, i.e. be more careful with words);
2) A method of breaking the “correct” ZK, which is forced to take revenge on the parade ground. This is a shameful job, after which the ZK can “fly out” of the correct caste.
Washer - razor
Muzzle – car radio, instrument panel.
Motor - car, taxi.
Men - 1. The bulk of the inmates who came to the Ministry of Health for the first time. They are allowed to work, but they do not cooperate with the administration. Smart and strong Ms enjoy authority among other castes, except for thieves. 2. The general name of “random” ZK, except for those omitted.
Garbage is a cop.
Mouflon is a fighter.
N
Navar - profit.
Load - get from someone.
Hitting, running over - aggressive behavior of an attacking nature against a specific person or group.
Put on the wing - wing.
To cut it askew, to mess up - to do something wrong.
Tension, tension - problems.
To plant - to dilute for money.
A mother hen is an agent planted in a cell in order to find out information in various ways or to split a neighbor into the necessary testimony. Usually they are good psychologists.
Not zapadlo - the opposite of zapadlo.
Nishtyak - excellent.
Nubuck laptop.
Zero is new.
ABOUT
Monkey owner, dog owner - a detention cell, a cage, a place in a patrol car.
Obizhenka is a cell for those who “broke out” of their (first) cell.
Offended - 1. Prisoner of the offended. 2. In some regions - omitted. 3. Synonym - lowered, rooster. 4) In terms of MZ - humiliated, broken, “put on a broom”, excommunicated from the caste.
Obshchak – 1. Ministry of Health of general regime. 2. Multi-person cell for dozens of people. 3. A group of “authoritative” thieves. 4. Fair distribution of heating in the chamber (except for lowered ones).
5) “Thieves' Bank” - the common money of a gang or group, spent on common needs. Each caste can have its own common fund.
Obshchakovy - everything related to the common fund.
The public is an asset.
General regime - Ministry of Health for those convicted for the first time.
To put on shoes - to cheat, to deceive.
To get dirty is to get high on drugs.
Deer is an empty, stupid person.
OOR is a “particularly dangerous recidivist.”
Opera is an operative.
The operational service is a structure in the Ministry of Internal Affairs that monitors order and the general situation.
Lower – 1. Lower the status of the ZK; 2. Transfer to the omitted group.
Omitted - a representative of the omitted caste (goat, rooster). He does the dirtiest work, he is humiliated and despised.
Mansion – 1. Ministry of Health of special regime. 2. A particularly dangerous repeat offender.
A convict cell is a cell for prisoners who have a sentence that has not entered into legal force.
Convict is a person with a sentence.
Squeeze - take away, rob.
Recline - leave the MH.
To get rid of it - to make a deposit, to recapture it, to ransom it.
The scumbag is a lawless fighter, a fighter.
Move away - leave behind, leave, die.
Products, merchandise - regular purchase in a store (stall).
Denial, denial - unreliable and conflict-ridden prisoners.
Detachment – 1. The structure of the society of prisoners in the Ministry of Health. 2. The room where the detachment is located.
Detachment officer, detachment leader - employee of the Ministry of Health supervising the detachment.
To pluck - to rob, to steal.
P
Soldering – 1. Products and other items that are required by the ZK by law. 2. A portion of bread.
A package is a box containing a drug.
Dad is the leader of the lowered caste.
Parasha – 1. A container for defecation in a chamber not equipped with a sewerage system. 2) Toilet (push) in the chamber. 3. Stupid rumor or gossip.
Steam - sit.
Guys are people.
Graze - watch.
The passenger is a freeloader, a lover of living at someone else’s expense.
The godfather is an authority.
The guy is a thieves.
PVR – 1. Political educational work. 2. Internal regulations of the Ministry of Health.
A fart is the mouth of an empty-headed man.
Fart – use as a sexual partner.
Grind - discuss the details.
Pen, wrote - knife, sharpening, edged weapon.
Rooster – 1. Passive homosexual (blue). 2. A representative of the lowered caste. In a criminal environment - a serious insult. Any derivative of the word, as well as closely semantic ones (for example, Chicken Coop) is not used.
Infantry - assistant fighters, young fighters.
F*ck is a liar, a gossip.
The clerk is a masterful knife wielder.
PKT - chamber-type room.
Whip, trellis - trunk.
PMS – production mass section.
Shaving - breaking off, failure.
Driven - nickname.
The support is the second leader in the cell after the godfather.
Break - open, rob (apartment, store)
Fit - bring, give, joke.
To catch up is to catch hallucinations.
Warm up - help financially, with goods, provisions.
Subscribe – make a commitment.
Trim, cut - steal, get dishonestly.
Decoy - Mother hen.
A snow thief is a person who declared himself a thief, but lives according to concepts and acts only based on his personal goals.
Broken, tattered - not new, stale.
The envoy is in the role of a thief, authorized by the thief.
Stripe - a red stripe on the prisoner's accompanying document - prone to escape.
Striped - OOP.
Striped mode or striped zone - Mansion.
Polish thieves – 1. Thieves who have moved away from “concepts”; 2. Professional lone thieves.
3) Fraudulent thieves – acting in the interests of the Ministry of Health administration.
Pont – exaggerated position, wishful thinking, cheap effects.
To show off is to not admit guilt, to show outrage at the accusations.
To prepare a show off is to look for a victim for a scammer.
Show-off is a fake or low-quality drug.
To show off is pretense, creating fuss, distracting attention.
Showers are thieves who create a spectacular scandal during which their accomplices clean out the pockets of onlookers.
Show-off is ostentatious, worthless coolness or position.
Concepts are thieves' law.
Pee - cut with a knife.
The ass is a twirler.
Empty - empty, meaningless conversation.
Portak, partak - tattoo.
Poselukha – ITK.
Staging - operation, action plan
Pardon - a petition for clemency or a court decision on pardon that has entered into force.
Settlement, settlement - colony-settlement.
I guess it looks like
Rule, rule, rule - “resolving” the conflict.
The correct prison, zone, etc. is the Ministry of Health, in which life is built according to “concepts” with the connivance or intent of the administration.
Correct – 1. Honest, authoritative, etc.; 2. The highest rating of a caste representative.3. Living by concepts.
Correct concepts are a system of criminal norms and rules that regulate the entire criminal world.
The correct order is the situation in the Ministry of Health, when the majority of prisoners live according to the rules.
Prapora – 1. A colony employee with the appropriate rank. 2. Any representative of the administration.
Present - make a claim or accusation of a violation of concepts, a jamb, etc.
Presentation - accusing a person of unseemly behavior or action that is contrary to concepts.
The press is the “breaking” of a prisoner for the suppression of personality and subsequent manipulation.
Press hut - a chamber in the Ministry of Health, where the unwanted is placed and where breaking occurs.
Press - hit, beat.
Presser - ZK, breaking other prisoners on instructions from the administration of the Ministry of Health.
Press prison - MZ, where some of the cells are press huts.
Priblatnenny - a candidate for the caste of thieves, carefully implementing criminal laws.
Close, close - assistant to the elder.
Recognition – placement in the Ministry of Health for the detention of mentally ill or insane persons.
Recognized - a prisoner who has been declared insane by an expert examination.
Gags, gadgets, tacks - various provocations towards a person with the purpose of ridiculing, putting in an uncomfortable position. It is used, including by the administration and decoys, to obtain information.
Potatoel - a privileged six serving the thieves.
Rumble - bring, bring.
To break through - to find out, find out.
Experienced - recognized, open.
Extension – MZ corridor.
Industrial zone, industrial zone - industrial zone of the Ministry of Health.
Registration is a beginner's introduction to the laws of the Ministry of Health.
A proslyak is a thief who has retired from thieving business, but has not become a thief.
Navel, Pupkar - spinner.
Five minutes - an express check for sanity to make a further decision.
Heel, heel - cigarette butt with marijuana.
R
Showdown – 1. Clarification of relationships, conflict resolution.
To deceive, to deceive - to involve in a scam, to deceive for money, to cheat.
Divorcing, adjusting - she spoke on the arrow.
Rams - a conversation with a showdown.
Cutting - reducing the time.
Turnip, pumpkin - head.
A guard without an escort.
Promotion - getting a second term in the Ministry of Health itself for a new crime.
Rusty is a red-haired, bad, “muddy” person.
A security officer is an employee of the Ministry of Health who keeps order.
To wet the horns - to serve the entire sentence.
Handbrake is a drug, a mobile phone.
Ryaby (t) - (obsolete) the same as mansion, striped.
WITH
Amateur organizations of convicts are structures of prisoners created by the administration.
Samorub - syringe.
Boot - a glass or half a glass of vodka.
Get rid of - run away.
Brother-in-law is a candidate for the community of thieves.
SVP, SPP - an organization of convicts cooperating with the administration of the Ministry of Health.
Hand over, hand over the skin - give out, convey, pawn.
Section – 1. Residential premises of the Ministry of Health. 2. Community of prisoners.
A family is a closed group of several prisoners who have very close, brotherly relationships.
Gray – 1. Men; 2. Suit.
To sit on wheels means to be on the run, to be quiet, to hide.
Sidor - backpack.
SIZO - Pre-trial detention center. Institution for prisoners. Currently - temporary detention facility.
The bruise is a drunk.
Skakar is a key thief.
Watch the broom - maintain correctness in conversation, do not swear.
To agree - to meet.
Observer - In the absence of a thief in the Ministry of Health, his representative. Appointed as the thief responsible for the Ministry of Health.
Nightingale is an informer.
Sokhaty – trolleybus, horned.
St. Petersburg is a special psychiatric hospital.
Special contingent - prisoners in the language of the employees.
The Special Commandant's Office - until 1993 - an institution where those sentenced to suspended sentences with mandatory involvement in labor were registered. Chemistry.
Special, special corps, special corridor - to contain repeat offenders and regime violators, to suppress communication between accomplices.
Spetslyuty - general regime correctional colony.
Special school (special vocational school) - bark beetle.
SPP - crime prevention section. Organization of prisoners collaborating with the administration. Participants have goat status.
Asking is the punishment of the prisoner after the showdown.
It worked out - it happened, it turned out well.
To be a bitch is a bitch, to change concepts.
Starshak – chief, foreman.
Barrel, fufyrik, whip - firearms.
Stolypin - a car for transporting ZK.
Standing on the gate - opening and closing the door between the MOH zones.
Arrow - work.
Strogach is a high-security Ministry of Health.
The informer is a traitor
Stupper - sharpening, stiletto.
Banners are cards.
Bitch - 1. A thief who broke the law. 2. A broken criminal or thief who has agreed to cooperate with the administration of the Ministry of Health.
Cracker - 1. Prisoner under someone else's data. 2. ZK, posing as a thieves, but is not one. 3. ZK, who hid his true color.
Drying your teeth means laughing.
The bitch zone is the Ministry of Health, where the screwed-up thieves rule. Lawlessness is widespread.
Gathering, gathering - a council of thieves, convened on various issues of thieves' existence.
A meeting of thieves is a periodic meeting of thieves in law to resolve important issues.
The counter is an avalanche-like increase in debt that is not repaid on time. Criminal interest.
Syavka is a youngster, an insignificant person.
T
The tank driver is a fighter.
To push, to point - to blackmail.
Grater - discussion of something.
Endured - victim, victim.
Timat - sleep.
The Quiet Man is a spy, a hidden informer, a sluggish activist.
Torpedo – 1. Bodyguard; 2. The prisoner is the executor of the death sentence based on the results of the gangway.
The dot is a drug dealer.
Handset, tube - mobile phone.
Hold, hold, load into the hold - room in a punishment cell, PKT.
Bedside table - 1. Post at the entrance to the barracks. Those on duty are usually positive guards from among the goats.
2) One of the ways to break thieves is to force them to be on duty near the bedside table, which is considered shameful.
Rotten vein - anal.
Rotten raspberries - an apartment for thieves under the hood of the special services, a scorched hut.
Rotten - lowered.
Prison law - concepts that describe the norms of life in the world of thieves.
Prison – 1. Commonly used designation for the Ministry of Health. 2. General designation of prison-type institutions. 3. Institution for convicts.
U
Corner - thieves, senior in the room.
Parole - conditional early release. It is considered unacceptable for thieves.
UITU - until 1999 - management of ITU.
ULITU - Forestry ITU Management.
UR, BUR - until the end of the 60s - a high-security barracks, an internal prison. Now PCT.
Urka is an outdated name for thieves, now falling out of use.
Amplifier - MZ enhanced mode.
Iron is an underground hustler.
Ushlepok is a vague, dubious person.
F
Breaking plywood is a beating in the chest, a method of torture in juvenile detention areas.
Farmazon is a counterfeiter.
Minced meat - have cash on you.
Minced meat is pouring - do you have money?
Get stuffed - 1. Find yourself in a stupid position; 2. Get caught by the cops. 3. Be completely compromised.
Fatera - house, apartment.
Fenya - thieves' jargon.
Fixes – metal teeth, crowns.
A lantern is a hopeless, empty matter, a bruise (hematoma).
Forshmak is something low-grade.
Friar - Previously, a sucker, convicted of a random crime, a simpleton. Nowadays, on the contrary, there is a person close to the thieves.
To fraer - to imitate thieves in behavior;
To turn around is to make a mistake.
Bullshit – 1. ass; 2. Untruth, lies, disinformation.
A fuflyzhnik is a convict who has behaved unworthily, not paying off, for example, a gambling debt. Risks being left out.
X
Hailo - mouth.
Tail is an offense for which ZK is not punished and takes all measures to avoid punishment. Absentee verdict at the meeting.
Hut - camera.
To slack - to go.
A chemist is a prisoner who is released on parole or on probation, with mandatory work.
Chemistry - until 1993 - serving a sentence with living in the commandant's office and working at a certain enterprise until the end of the term. As a rule, these were harmful production facilities of the chemical industry, hence the name.
Khipezh - kipezh.
The owner is the head of the Ministry of Health.
Household service - Household service.
Housekeeping - prisoners performing various household tasks. The attitude on the part of the ZK is hostile.
The business owner is a ZK convicted of economic and monetary crimes.
C
Colored - 1) Employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health, anyone wearing or who has worn shoulder straps. 2. Until the 50s - a thief, a urka.
Virgin - a new car, a whole cigarette or cigarette, a virgin, a young girl.
Center, center – beautiful, authoritative, the best.
Central - all the thieves and the thieves around them.
Zinc – rumor, tip.
H
To be sick - to sit in the Ministry of Health, to serve.
Black - thieves.
The black zone is the Ministry of Health, where thieves rule.
Black suit - thieves.
A devil is a person from a lower caste (but not a dud or a lowlife). Low moral, unkempt, dirty, unpleasant.
Chushok, chushkan, chuhan - a person from a lower caste (lower only those lowered). Indifferent, lethargic, incapable of defending their point of view. Gnobims, despised, do all the dirty work. Outwardly they are neglected, just like the devils don’t take care of themselves.
Sh
A scraper is a bladed weapon.
Shaitan-pipe - grenade launcher.
Shaitan-arba is a technique depending on the circumstances.
Slut, shobolda - prostitute.
Chanson - thieves' music, songs about the life of a thieve.
Sharonka - ZK's clothing.
The sear is a silencer for a pistol.
Wool, woolen - 1. Lawmakers posing as thieves, mocking other ZKs at the direction of the administration. 2. Lawless people are thieves.
A punishment cell is a punishment cell for violators. Heavy punishment.
Shilo - ambush, end, hopelessness.
Shirmach is a pickpocket.
Scars - trousers.
Shkvarny - lowered.
Shkonka, shkonar - place, bed.
The skin is the prisoner's jacket.
Skin - denunciation of another ZK.
Hose – net, phylon.
Schlenka - bowl.
Grind, grind - sharply move off the car with squealing tires.
Shmal - marijuana, drug.
Shmon - inspection, search.
Schnifer is a burglar.
The pins are the eyes.
Shnobel - nose.
Lace is an insignificant person, a juvenile delinquent.
Shnyr - 1. A prisoner who constantly performs general work and receives “payment” for this from other prison guards (tobacco, food, etc.). 2. Duty officer, orderly, etc. The position assumes the status of a goat.
Shnyaga is an incomprehensible phenomenon.
Shpak is a fraer.
To spy on someone on instructions from the administration (less often, thieves).
Headquarters - office premises of the Ministry of Health, medical unit.
Shustryak is a cashier, a fundraiser for the common fund.
Nice - alarm.
SCH
Shchabny - frail, sick.
Crushed stone - salt, crackers.
Tickly - dangerous, risky.
Shchelka is a young girl.
Tweezers, tongs - fingers.
E
Exam - court.
Relay race - stage, escort to the Ministry of Health.
Etapka is a special room for newly arrived stage prisoners, where they are kept for several days (quarantine).
YU
Yul - vodka
To fool around - to fool around, to lie.
Yurakha is a drink (alcoholic).
Yurok - Asian, Tatar, Bashkir, etc.
I
Yab - alarm signal, profiteer, trafficker of stolen goods.
Bullseye - grenade (hand).
Ulcers, ulcers - eyes
Yakmundia - Republic of Yakutia, Ministry of Health in that region.
The pit is a hangout, period.
Yaman glasses are fakes (documents).
Yaman's eye - a fake passport or ksiva.
Yamba is hashish, a drug.
Yanga is a talker, an upstart.
Janissaries - operational services, riot police, special forces, etc.