jailhouse

Example Sentences

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Alarmed by the growing jailhouse fraternity, authorities tightened prison controls and transferred inmates to other states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The couple reviewed options in a March 25 jailhouse phone call obtained by People.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Ryan won an award from the New York Press Club in 2018 for coverage of a jailhouse informant scandal in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

What happened after you arrived at the jailhouse?

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Most jailhouse gossip quickly makes its way to the inmates, but officers were uniformly insistent about keeping them ignorant about the story of the Playhouse Four, as the group had come to be known.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover