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Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ordered the resentencing because of improper testimony from a jailhouse snitch.
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
The April 6, 2023, blaze, which injured 15 jail staffers and five inmates, was set by a 30-year-old inmate with a history for starting jailhouse fires.
—TIME, 8 July 2024
As the legal proceedings moved forward, Davis wrote multiple jailhouse letters to Dahl, veering from anger to confusion, pleading with her to change her story.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
June 20 Related Articles Santa Cruz jailhouse shanking defendant faces 7 years in plea deal
BATTERY: 3:59 a.m. in the 200 block of Hollis Avenue.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
The April 6, 2023, blaze, which injured 15 jail staffers and five inmates, was set by a 30-year-old inmate with a history for starting jailhouse fires.
—TIME, 8 July 2024
As the legal proceedings moved forward, Davis wrote multiple jailhouse letters to Dahl, veering from anger to confusion, pleading with her to change her story.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
June 20 Related Articles Santa Cruz jailhouse shanking defendant faces 7 years in plea deal
BATTERY: 3:59 a.m. in the 200 block of Hollis Avenue.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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