noun General Slang

P.C.

· noun · prison

Protective custody — the segregated unit for at-risk inmates.

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Protective custody. A separate housing unit for inmates who'd get hurt or killed in general population — snitches, ex-cops, high-profile sex offenders, gang dropouts. Safer in the strict sense, but going PC tanks your reputation everywhere else; on a lot of yards, having been on PC means you can't come back to mainline.

“After his testimony hit the news he had no choice but to request P.C.”
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P.C. In A Sentence

After his testimony hit the news he had no choice but to request P.C.

Origin & Usage

US Bureau of Prisons and state-corrections administrative term, in common inmate use since at least the 1970s.

Variants PCp.c.

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