Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Watkins told me in our jailhouse interview in 2018 that Cherica Adams was actually the fifth person he had been hired to kill.
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Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
Since the documentary was released on May 15, police have released text messages between Shirilla and her boyfriend, Russo, as well as jailhouse calls and bodycam footage from the day of the crash, according to Fox 8.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
On Friday, Rodriquez Singh halted a jailhouse interview with CBS News Texas.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 15 May 2026
According to the petition and jailhouse records, Williams wasn’t booked in the jail on anything other than the immigration detainer.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
Since the documentary was released on May 15, police have released text messages between Shirilla and her boyfriend, Russo, as well as jailhouse calls and bodycam footage from the day of the crash, according to Fox 8.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
On Friday, Rodriquez Singh halted a jailhouse interview with CBS News Texas.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 15 May 2026
According to the petition and jailhouse records, Williams wasn’t booked in the jail on anything other than the immigration detainer.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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