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Prisoners who are on time might be called a tough guy, a stand-up con, a solid dude, or a crazy motherfucker. Don't try to talk tough in here either, because your bluff will be called and if you don't jump when called out you will be branded as a punk and your ass will be ripe for taking. The biggest way to get respect is to "make your bones" by taking out a no-good motherfucker. If you take a wrong step you might get gangstered by a crew of homeboyz. They were outclassed and chumped out though as Tank took their pipes and beat the shit out of their whole crew. Sometimes a crew might get into something they can't handle and end up getting punished. In prison you get respect by giving it and demanding it back, by force if necessary. There was a sort of prison politics going on with little diplomacy and lots of violence.