Friday, September 10, 2010

Rolled Up Irish Red: The Name

Since I am naming my brews after prison jargon, this post will explain the meaning of Rolled Up.

In prison, every time an inmate is moved his property is packed up by a property officer and stored for him until the inmate is settled in his new location, be it another institution or another cell.  Inmates NEVER move their own property.  Rolled Up is the slang used for an inmate's property being packed up because the way it worked in some prisons in the past was that the property was laid on the bedroll and literally "rolled up" before being taken to a different location.

Nowadays, property is placed in boxes not literally rolled up, but inmates usually use the slang when they refer to another inmate who 1) is leaving the prison, or 2) has been placed in a holding cell.  When a prisoner says "Jones got rolled up yesterday," it either means that Jones was put in holding for a rule infraction or packed up to be sent to another institution.

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