Slang abbreviation for 'general population' in a prison context — referring to the main body of inmates who live together in standard housing blocks as opposed to those in solitary confinement, protective custody, or administrative segregation. Being in genpop means you're out in the mix with everybody else, which carries its own risks and social dynamics. The term has also spread beyond prisons into broader slang, sometimes used humorously to mean the general public or an undifferentiated crowd.
After two weeks in solitary, they moved him back to genpop and things got complicated fast.
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(slang) The general population of a prison.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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