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
U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
The agency investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
About 50,000 people will be held in jails, prisons and other facilities between 2026 and 2029 as a result of the law.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Indeed, suicide is the leading cause of death in jails, and pretrial detainees are six times more likely to die by suicide than those serving jail time after convictions.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Decarlos Brown, the man accused of killing a young Ukrainian woman in a violent Charlotte train stabbing caught on camera, has for the last 10 years been in and out of North Carolina’s courts and jails.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2021, hackers commandeered 150,000 remote cameras, including in schools, police departments, jails and health clinics.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Thousands have been released from months of detention in camps and jails without charge to tell of brutal conditions, including overcrowding, scant food supplies, inadequate medical attention and scabies outbreaks.
—Natalie Melzer, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2025
The Idaho State Police doesn’t have any jails.
—Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
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More than 250 people have died while in the agency’s custody in county jails since 2006, a mortality rate significantly higher than in other large jail systems in the state.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
The agency investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
About 50,000 people will be held in jails, prisons and other facilities between 2026 and 2029 as a result of the law.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Indeed, suicide is the leading cause of death in jails, and pretrial detainees are six times more likely to die by suicide than those serving jail time after convictions.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Decarlos Brown, the man accused of killing a young Ukrainian woman in a violent Charlotte train stabbing caught on camera, has for the last 10 years been in and out of North Carolina’s courts and jails.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2021, hackers commandeered 150,000 remote cameras, including in schools, police departments, jails and health clinics.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Thousands have been released from months of detention in camps and jails without charge to tell of brutal conditions, including overcrowding, scant food supplies, inadequate medical attention and scabies outbreaks.
—Natalie Melzer, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2025
The Idaho State Police doesn’t have any jails.
—Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jails
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Brown passed through courts and prisons like other people suffering mental health disorders, said Weaver, the Charlotte NAMI director.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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The facility, Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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“Jails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jails. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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