[UA] Oh yes, the jails

[Jim Nicholson]

I'm guessing it's a NYC-specific reference, as the New York state prisons
(Attica, Ossining) are all upstate and thus north of the city.

I've never heard it used in a non-NYC context in any American media.



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>
> Sorry, meant to ask: is there a reason why people in the US are
> said to be 'up
> North' if they're behind bars? Put that together with 'going
> West' (slang for
> dying), 'going South' (when your plans screw up), and something to do with
> 'going east' and you've got the components of sime kind of weird
> teleportation
> device. Or maybe not. Hey, look, it's 7:30 and I haven't slept yet. ;-)
>
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