jailhouses

noun

plural of jailhouse
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse

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  1. jails
  2. penitentiaries
  3. prisons
  4. big houses
Noun
  • Some in county jails are there for just a few days, but others can stay behind bars for months or even years before their cases are tried in court.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • This came after the Obama administration broadened a program that linked people booked in local jails with federal immigration officials.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.
    — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
  • This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.
    — Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Definition of penitentiaries
Noun
  • Birch said he was moved around between prisons as the years passed.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • That would do more than all the police and prisons put together to reduce the future crime rate.
    — Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of prisons
Noun
  • Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    — Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of big houses
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