Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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This legal action is completely separate from the criminal case against Davis, who is currently imprisoned at Nevada’s High Desert State Prison due to jailhouse fight convictions.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
The jailhouse witness, whose name was not identified, described Horner as someone who struggles with social cues and warned that others in jail could take advantage of him.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The analysis was conducted by an expert in jailhouse medical care who reviewed hundreds of pages of Armor’s internal death reports gained through discovery.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Those included a $9 million payout to the parents of Charles Agster III, after a federal jury found Arpaio and jailhouse nurses negligent in his death.
—Jonathan Van Harmelen, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
The jailhouse witness, whose name was not identified, described Horner as someone who struggles with social cues and warned that others in jail could take advantage of him.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The analysis was conducted by an expert in jailhouse medical care who reviewed hundreds of pages of Armor’s internal death reports gained through discovery.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Those included a $9 million payout to the parents of Charles Agster III, after a federal jury found Arpaio and jailhouse nurses negligent in his death.
—Jonathan Van Harmelen, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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