How to Use jailhouse in a Sentence

jailhouse

noun
  • Some are driven home, not just dumped outside the jailhouse door.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
  • He was dressed in a brown jailhouse shirt, with his hands cuffed in front of him and his arms bandaged.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The last time Zachery heard from his son was in a jailhouse letter.
    — Emma Seiwell, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The rear view through the slats of the engine cover lends a jailhouse vibe to the cabin.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2021
  • He's become good at jailhouse lawyering, and there's little else to do with his time.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The defendant, wearing blue jailhouse clothes, did not meet her gaze.
    — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Tubbs was later caught bragging about the lenient sentence on a jailhouse phone call.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2022
  • At the age of 15 he was sent to prison because of lies told by a jailhouse informant.
    — Anne-Marie Moyes, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Epstein did make some attempts to adapt to his jailhouse surroundings, the records show.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Before her jailhouse vision, Lee had birthed and lost four babies.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Rachal Dollard is not the first to be arrested for a jailhouse kiss that turned fatal.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The local paper ran their mugshots in jailhouse stripes, which became an image of the town’s decline.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
  • His cold open was Trump addressing the nation from a jailhouse toilet.
    — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
  • James never took the stand, but his jailhouse phone calls were filled with anger and threats toward the prosecutors.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • He was released later that afternoon and seen jogging away from the jailhouse.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The jailhouse tropes extend to Nick’s fellow inmates who sing like angels.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The temperature in the frontier jailhouse seems to be rising.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Venice headquarters — a 1920s jailhouse — to talk about the forces that have shaped her career.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Calaboose Island,’ the park area near the city’s historic jailhouse.
    — Karen Huppertz, ajc, 21 Nov. 2017
  • Last May, prosecutors filed new charges against Davis over a jailhouse fight that was almost a year old.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Things look bleak — until a shadowy character with a white beard comes to break him out of the jailhouse, killing whoever gets in the way.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
  • The oddity that could be creepy and off-putting in the first series plays here, mainly in jailhouse videos, as more childlike and puckish.
    — Mike Hale, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • In his jailhouse booking photo, the suspect, Pagourtzis, wore a blank expression, as if bored.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2018
  • Deputies listened in on the jailhouse calls, hoping Lauren would give away Lee’s whereabouts.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Andy audibles and moves the party to the jailhouse, even inviting Sam’s wife and children to join their pappy in his cell.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The defendant’s allegations against the team came to light last summer, when recordings from his jailhouse phone calls were played in court.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Hernandez's lawyer, Jose Baez, said Tuesday none of the notes was addressed to a jailhouse lover.
    — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2017
  • In jailhouse tapes, Hernandez described his house as one of constant arguing.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Guiteau attempted to flee the scene, but was stopped by a ticket agent and a police officer and was later taken to a jailhouse.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • At the jailhouse meeting in Phoenix, Treem and Gordon urged the inmate to sign the document.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020

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