jailer

Example Sentences

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Rather than jailers, these corrections officers were more like social workers or guides to a better way of living.

From Los Angeles Times

There are more than 120 journalists detained in China, according to RSF, which calls the country "the world's biggest jailer of journalists".

From BBC

One woman, 33, said that in or around June, a jailer stopped in a dark stairwell as he was escorting her in handcuffs to a transport bus for a court appearance.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike her jailers, she doesn’t have to tie people down to talk them into doing what she wants.

From Los Angeles Times

As she weighed the credibility of inmates against jailers, Marx was informed by a painful episode in her family history.

From Los Angeles Times