[UA] Oh yes, the jails

[Bailey Watts]

In Arkansas and southern Missouri I've heard it.  Generaly referes to the 
prison near Moberly.

>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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