as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Recent Examples of jailhouse
Thursday’s resentencing hearing was already locked down tighter than most jailhouses because of the massive public interest in the Menendez case.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
Investigators had documented the secret jailhouse deals with MS-13 and the official attempts to cover them up.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
Police then began investigating the jailhouse phone calls from Scott.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
But in 2022, the state found prosecutors' handwritten notes in a banker's box, which Drummond said showed that Sneed told the state he was given lithium after seeing a jailhouse psychiatrist and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for jailhouse
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
Investigators had documented the secret jailhouse deals with MS-13 and the official attempts to cover them up.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
Police then began investigating the jailhouse phone calls from Scott.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
But in 2022, the state found prosecutors' handwritten notes in a banker's box, which Drummond said showed that Sneed told the state he was given lithium after seeing a jailhouse psychiatrist and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailhouse
Noun
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Following Shelia's arrest, she was held in jail without bail, per MetroNews.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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On June 23, 2012, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chávez of the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced him to 13 days in jail and 36 months’ probation.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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If convicted, the charges carry sentences that could send her to prison for years.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2025
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An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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