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Recent Examples of guardroom In one guardroom, among the mess on the floor, is an orange locker door ripped from its hinges and taped with a poster of Mr. Assad. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
  • My dad would always play documentaries about prison life and stuff that would come on Discovery ID or, every now and then, even national news segments.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Through the deal, prosecutors dropped the two murder charges — and shipped Henry, 26, off to prison for 10 years — in exchange for his plea.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He is being held on $2 million bail, online jail records show.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He was eventually sentenced to six years in jail for defrauding investors.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At Parchman, the state’s troubled penitentiary, corrections workers were urging their colleagues to sign up.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Guardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardroom. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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