Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Young Thug has been at the center of controversy over the past several days, as recordings of jailhouse calls made while he was incarcerated during the YSL trial have leaked online.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The premise is a grabber: A mechanic believes he’s run into the cruel jailhouse captor from his past and takes matters into his own hands.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
Morgan shot and killed Lenny Scott, who was a jailhouse guard while Morgan was previously behind bars and had exposed the affair Morgan was having with a female guard after discovering a secret cellphone in his cell during a search, according to prosecutors with the CPS.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Brown is being detained at a jailhouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The premise is a grabber: A mechanic believes he’s run into the cruel jailhouse captor from his past and takes matters into his own hands.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
Morgan shot and killed Lenny Scott, who was a jailhouse guard while Morgan was previously behind bars and had exposed the affair Morgan was having with a female guard after discovering a secret cellphone in his cell during a search, according to prosecutors with the CPS.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Brown is being detained at a jailhouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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