heart check

English

Noun

heart check (plural heart checks)

  1. (prison slang) A physical attack on a newly-arrived prisoner to determine whether he/she is willing to fight.
    • 2014, Shaun Attwood, Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America's Toughest Jail:
      I knew about heart checks from Rossetti – one of the few members of my security team who'd been to prison.
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