as in prisons
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
sentenced to three years in jail for his crime
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as in imprisons
to put in or as if in prison
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Recent Examples of jails
Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Deputies will continue to process individuals in custody at the South Placer and Auburn jails, officials said.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Prenatal services should be co-located where people already are, such as in Women, Infants and Children program sites, substance-use clinics, jails, reentry programs, or homeless shelters.
—Jeffrey D. Klausner, STAT, 17 June 2026
Leifman has been leading the charge for a facility that judges could use as an alternative to Miami-Dade’s jails for people whose mental illnesses seem to be the main driver behind their lawbreaking.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
People with serious mental illness continue to suffer in jails repeatedly criticized for violence, neglect, isolation, staffing shortages, and inadequate mental health care.
—Justyna Rzewinski, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
His Green New Scam surrendered American Energy Dominance and, by abolishing the Southern Border, Biden let 21 million people from all over the World pour into the United States, including from prisons, jails, mental institutions, and insane asylums.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
Authorities say Mejia was employed by the county sheriff’s office — which operates the county jails — as a food service worker tasked with transporting food carts into and between the primary jail facilities, Elmwood and the Main Jail in San Jose.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
In Guilford County, jails in Greensboro and High Point have climbed from holding 973 to 1,140.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
China, which jails human rights activists in Hong Kong, persecutes Uyghurs, has killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and has committed genocide against the Falun Gong, is on the UN Human Rights Council.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The regime that jails children also profits from drugs, human trafficking, and online scams.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
Correctional Health Services, which administers addiction treatment programs in the jails, said more efforts are needed to prevent drugs from getting into the facilities.
—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Deputies will continue to process individuals in custody at the South Placer and Auburn jails, officials said.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Prenatal services should be co-located where people already are, such as in Women, Infants and Children program sites, substance-use clinics, jails, reentry programs, or homeless shelters.
—Jeffrey D. Klausner, STAT, 17 June 2026
Leifman has been leading the charge for a facility that judges could use as an alternative to Miami-Dade’s jails for people whose mental illnesses seem to be the main driver behind their lawbreaking.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
People with serious mental illness continue to suffer in jails repeatedly criticized for violence, neglect, isolation, staffing shortages, and inadequate mental health care.
—Justyna Rzewinski, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
His Green New Scam surrendered American Energy Dominance and, by abolishing the Southern Border, Biden let 21 million people from all over the World pour into the United States, including from prisons, jails, mental institutions, and insane asylums.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
Authorities say Mejia was employed by the county sheriff’s office — which operates the county jails — as a food service worker tasked with transporting food carts into and between the primary jail facilities, Elmwood and the Main Jail in San Jose.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
In Guilford County, jails in Greensboro and High Point have climbed from holding 973 to 1,140.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
Verb
The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
China, which jails human rights activists in Hong Kong, persecutes Uyghurs, has killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and has committed genocide against the Falun Gong, is on the UN Human Rights Council.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The regime that jails children also profits from drugs, human trafficking, and online scams.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jails
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But local history, including the region’s dead mobsters, Irish Catholic community, state prisons, and shuttered Italian restaurants, looms large on their new Coin-O-Matic.—
Arman Khan,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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Nowhere is that more visible than Krome Avenue, a road once known more for its nearby prisons than its family-friendly farm attractions.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
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County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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“Jails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jails. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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