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Recent Examples of jailerThe Islamic Republic is one of the world’s top jailers of journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and in the best of times, reporters face strict restrictions.—Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025 Lockard had been employed as a jailer with the Sheriff's Office since Nov. 16, 2022, according to the release.—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025 Sheriffs and jailers are now prohibited from notifying ICE when someone in custody is wanted for deportation.—Jason Plummer, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025 But that did not happen, leaving nearly 140 Venezuelan migrants in the custody of jailers at a notorious Salvadoran prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jailer
Alyson had served as senior warden at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale and was a trustee of Sewanee: The University of the South, the Episcopal college in Tennessee where Josephine had graduated.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
The prison warden subsequently announced that the sentence had been carried out, and the curtain to the execution chamber closed and witnesses were led from the viewing area.
Six days later, two more bargaining units, representing judicial marshals and their immediate supervisors, also declared an impasse.
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Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
The property is also associated with Kenneth Chee, who is registered with the state fire marshal and is described as Devastating’s CEO and owner in public records.
The deaths of at least 27 children and staff at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas have some parents and guardians questioning the safety of summer camps, especially as global warming increases risks of extreme weather.
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Julia Simon,
NPR,
18 July 2025
All 17 plaintiffs are former foster youth or parents or guardians of former foster youth, and are listed in court documents as John Doe or Jane Doe plaintiffs.
The asset manager has evolved from a portfolio custodian to a business unit leader—closer to the CEO of the asset than to an administrator.
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Aurele Gouy,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
The shooting claimed the lives of head of school Katherine Koonce, 59; custodian Mike Hill, 61; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and third-graders Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, the Covenant Presbyterian pastor’s daughter.
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