Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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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.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Immediately after his release, Levy told reporters outside the jailhouse that he got caught in the middle of a situation trying to break up a fight over the bill.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Tory Lanez was held in contempt of court for refusing to answer basic questions during his third jailhouse deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against YouTube blogger Milagro Gramz.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
Walshe, who survived a jailhouse shanking in September, appeared in court wearing a dark suit with his hands shackled in front of him.
—Michael Ruiz , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Immediately after his release, Levy told reporters outside the jailhouse that he got caught in the middle of a situation trying to break up a fight over the bill.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Tory Lanez was held in contempt of court for refusing to answer basic questions during his third jailhouse deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against YouTube blogger Milagro Gramz.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
Walshe, who survived a jailhouse shanking in September, appeared in court wearing a dark suit with his hands shackled in front of him.
—Michael Ruiz , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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