Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Federal civil rights officials have closed the book on their years-long probe into the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s former practice of illegally using jailhouse informants to gather incriminating evidence from inmates.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
The two returned to court in front of Judge Dawn Nichols at the Volusia County Courthouse at 10 a.m. with Hunter in the courtroom and Victorino present from a jailhouse feed.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Nationwide, there have been 256 exonerations tied to the use of jailhouse informants, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Weinstein had a self-pitying and widely covered jailhouse conversation with right-wing commentator Candace Owens in March.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 June 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
The two returned to court in front of Judge Dawn Nichols at the Volusia County Courthouse at 10 a.m. with Hunter in the courtroom and Victorino present from a jailhouse feed.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Nationwide, there have been 256 exonerations tied to the use of jailhouse informants, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Weinstein had a self-pitying and widely covered jailhouse conversation with right-wing commentator Candace Owens in March.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 June 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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