as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Recent Examples of jailhouse
The judge's ruling said incriminating statements were illegally collected during a jailhouse interview with Fohrenkam.
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
During a jailhouse call to his adult daughter on Sunday, Solomon allegedly asked about the firearms, according to the complaint.
—ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
But a trove of unreleased jailhouse video and detailed internal investigative reports that current and former sheriff’s employees provided to Brown and the Desert Sun told a different story.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
During a jailhouse call to his adult daughter on Sunday, Solomon allegedly asked about the firearms, according to the complaint.
—ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
But a trove of unreleased jailhouse video and detailed internal investigative reports that current and former sheriff’s employees provided to Brown and the Desert Sun told a different story.
—Christopher Damien, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailhouse
Noun
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Captain has been released from jail after a judge set bail at $250,000, and he is set to enter a plea on April 9, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Housing would be freed up by deporting some people and putting others in jail.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On that same day, nearly 300 people were sent to the prison in El Salvador from the same Texas detention center, according to the American Immigration Council.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sacramento’s smallest zoo Alali now lives in Natomas with her fiancé, Alex Saraceno, along with Merlin; a girl group of rats named Monica, Moira and Amy; a former prison pigeon named Al Capone; a bearded dragon named Muffy; and a dog named Maverick.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailhouse. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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