Religion & Spirituality. Definition: Chai (××) is a Hebrew word and symbol that means âlife.â It is spelled with the Hebrew letters Het (×) and Yud (×). Jews will often wear a Chai on a necklace, sometimes with a Star of David or Hamsa. Chai is pronounced as if you were saying âhiâ in English.
In its most common usage in corrections units, the term lockdown can be defined as a course of action to control the movement of inmates. Confining all prisoners, except workers, to their cells until the end of the day is an example of a lockdown period in a corrections schedule.
A modified lockdown could mean anything from they're not shackled when they come out of their cell to shower or to be interviewed because of some incident, or they can come out but only in their block, or maybe just a certain wing of that block can come out or maybe kitchen workers can go to work, etc.