jailhouse

[ jeyl-hous ]

noun

, plural jail·hous·es [jeyl, -hou-ziz].

1. a jail or building used as a jail.

jailhouse

/ ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a jail; prison

Word History and Origins

Origin of jailhouse¹

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

Example Sentences

His jailhouse writings are completely inconsistent with the confession, and they are factually inconsistent.

From The Daily Beast

Nicole Reffitt said she helped her husband write the letter and solicit support through phone calls and a jailhouse messaging app inmates are allowed to use periodically to communicate with the outside world.

From ProPublica

One striking example of this is the $350,000 former Missouri sheriff’s home outfitted with a hidden door leading to an old-fashioned jailhouse that made headlines last August.

From Time

Alaska lawmakers were unmoved, comparing the swabs to jailhouse mugshots.

From ProPublica

At the jailhouse meeting in Phoenix, Treem and Gordon urged the inmate to sign the document.

From Washington Post

Statistics are one thing, enduring the jailhouse ordeal another.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

And you men hold the answer whether Lee used the telephone from the jailhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The market place was in Snow Hill on the public square near the jailhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

I ain't never peeped into a jailhouse or had handcuffs on these hands.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

If one Nigger did kill another Nigger, dey tuk him and locked him in da jailhouse for 30 days to make his peace wid God.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cell
• lockup
• penitentiary
• prison