variants
or less commonly jailor
1
: a keeper of a jail
2
: one that restricts another's liberty as if by imprisonment
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Joining me to discuss why jailers in Walker County are facing civil rights charges are USA TODAY National Extremism Reporter Will Carless and USA TODAY Investigative Reporter Gina Barton, who investigated Mitchell's death and the jail.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Partial video publicly released by the Sheriff’s Office shows jailers pepper-spray Johnson and handcuff him facedown on the ground before one officer kneels on his back for about 90 seconds.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Sharp, 57, has hearing aids, which the jailers had to remove each evening to charge.
—Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Rather than jailers, these corrections officers were more like social workers or guides to a better way of living.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Partial video publicly released by the Sheriff’s Office shows jailers pepper-spray Johnson and handcuff him facedown on the ground before one officer kneels on his back for about 90 seconds.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Sharp, 57, has hearing aids, which the jailers had to remove each evening to charge.
—Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Rather than jailers, these corrections officers were more like social workers or guides to a better way of living.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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