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of prisoners who maybe allowed working outside
the fence or walls of the penal institution under
guards or with escorts.

MENS REA – means guilty state of mind.

MENTAL DISORDER – a clinically diagnosable
cognitive, emotional or behavioral disorder that
interferes with the way a person thinks, feels and
behaves. Examples of mental disorders include
depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders and
schizophrenia.

MEPERIDINE – a synthetic narcotic that in illicit use
is usually injected but can be taken orally; the first
synthetic opiate.

MERGING – the convergence of separate streams of
traffic into a single stream.

MESCALINE – a natural hallucinogen, derived from
the peyote cactus that produces hallucinations for
up to 12 hours; ground into a powder and taken
orally.

MESOMORPHS – a type of body built that refers to
the athletic types, those with a predominance of
muscle, bone and connective tissue, normally
heavy, hard and firm, sting and tough. They are
the people who are routinely active and aggressive.

METAL CASED BULLET – a type of bullet colloquially
used to indicate either a metal-patched full-
patched bullet.

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