jailhouse

[ jeyl-hous ]

/ ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs /

a jail or building used as a jail.

Origin of jailhouse

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; jail + house

Statistics are one thing, enduring the jailhouse ordeal another.

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As Sharpton now visited Tupac in prison, the rapper told him that his jailhouse friend was not a big fan of the reverend.

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He claimed, “LaBeouf seems to carry with him, to put it mildly, a jailhouse mentality wherever he goes.”

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He sits with his elbows on his knees, his jailhouse tattoos a pale blue against the field of copper flesh.

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Meanwhile, Loubani became the jailhouse doctor, giving medical advice to prisoners and guards alike.

Interview With Canadian Filmmaker John Greyson Following His Release from Cairo's Tora Prison |Jesse Rosenfeld |October 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I ain't never peeped into a jailhouse or had handcuffs on these hands.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 |Work Projects Administration
The market place was in Snow Hill on the public square near the jailhouse.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. |Work Projects Administration
No Mam, I ain't never been in no jailhouse in all my days, and I sho ain't aimin' to de nothin' to make 'em put me dar now.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration
And you men hold the answer whether Lee used the telephone from the jailhouse.

Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

jailhouse

/ (ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs) /

Southern US a jail; prison