Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Sanders had uncovered in 2014 that Rackauckas’ prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies for years had illegally used jailhouse informants to coax confessions from defendants who had attorneys, in violation of their right to counsel.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Court records weren't immediately available in that case, but Luchin admitted to attempting to rob a bank in jailhouse interviews at the time.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
But his conviction rested heavily on the word of a jailhouse informant — a man who later admitted to lying.
—Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
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.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Court records weren't immediately available in that case, but Luchin admitted to attempting to rob a bank in jailhouse interviews at the time.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
But his conviction rested heavily on the word of a jailhouse informant — a man who later admitted to lying.
—Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
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.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jailhouse
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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