Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Her son’s death also is a consequence of the criminalization of the mentally ill, a failure that began outside jailhouse walls, long before her Robby died.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
The shock of the moment has continued to reverberate far beyond the jailhouse parking lot.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
The Morrin Center, the site of a former jailhouse, is now home to a library with an expansive English-language book collection.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end a years-long investigation into the systemic misuse of jailhouse informants, federal authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 17.
—Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
The shock of the moment has continued to reverberate far beyond the jailhouse parking lot.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
The Morrin Center, the site of a former jailhouse, is now home to a library with an expansive English-language book collection.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end a years-long investigation into the systemic misuse of jailhouse informants, federal authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 17.
—Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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