Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Most of those reforms came through negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice, which found that, from 2007 to 2016, prosecutors and police systemically used jailhouse informants on defendants in violation of their right to have an attorney present.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
See footage of Keefe D’s jailhouse interview below.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 Mar. 2025
In the jailhouse interview, Davis addressed his past incriminating statements, interviews, and memoir which helped the prosecution bring the first-degree murder charges against him.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
For those who are intrigued but not yet sold on the idea of a jailhouse glow-up, consider this: centuries ago, prisoners in this very spot would have given anything for a bit of self-care.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
See footage of Keefe D’s jailhouse interview below.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 Mar. 2025
In the jailhouse interview, Davis addressed his past incriminating statements, interviews, and memoir which helped the prosecution bring the first-degree murder charges against him.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
For those who are intrigued but not yet sold on the idea of a jailhouse glow-up, consider this: centuries ago, prisoners in this very spot would have given anything for a bit of self-care.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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