Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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However, their breakneck rise is met with an equally spectacular fall, with their business marred by arson, murder for hire, and a jailhouse suicide.
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
Federal civil rights officials have ended their oversight of the Orange County district attorney’s use of jailhouse informants, confident that the office has sufficiently reformed its practices.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
Before her jailhouse vision, Lee had birthed and lost four babies.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
His brother said Rhone learned construction skills by going to a jailhouse trade school and found work, but turned to crime after developing a drug problem.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
Federal civil rights officials have ended their oversight of the Orange County district attorney’s use of jailhouse informants, confident that the office has sufficiently reformed its practices.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
Before her jailhouse vision, Lee had birthed and lost four babies.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
His brother said Rhone learned construction skills by going to a jailhouse trade school and found work, but turned to crime after developing a drug problem.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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