variants
or less commonly jailor
1
: a keeper of a jail
2
: one that restricts another's liberty as if by imprisonment
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After her most recent trespassing arrest in 2022, jailers in the Marion County Adult Detention Center held Patton down while a nurse injected her with an antipsychotic drug.
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Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024
Partial videos released by the sheriff’s office shows a large jailer, identified as Rafael Moreno, put his knee on Johnson’s back after Johnson was on the ground, handcuffed.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
Two law enforcement sources, who were not authorized to speak on the matter, told The Sacramento Bee that the inmate who jailers found was Martin.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
The inmate handed the remaining substance to deputy jailers and it was later identified as fentanyl.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 June 2024
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Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024
Partial videos released by the sheriff’s office shows a large jailer, identified as Rafael Moreno, put his knee on Johnson’s back after Johnson was on the ground, handcuffed.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
Two law enforcement sources, who were not authorized to speak on the matter, told The Sacramento Bee that the inmate who jailers found was Martin.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
The inmate handed the remaining substance to deputy jailers and it was later identified as fentanyl.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 June 2024
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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