Green’s Dictionary of Slang

pinta, la n.

[Sp.]

(US) prison.

[US]E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972).
[US]S. Morgan Homeboy 57: I heard you were in la pinta, Joe.
[US]Bentley & Corbett Prison Sl. 53: Pinta Prison.
[US]D. Winslow Border [ebook] One thousand, four hundred and sixty days behind the walls of ‘La Pinta’ was plenty, because prison is the worst place in the world.