cellhouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cellhouse
Example Sentences
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Higher up on the island, outside the three-story cellhouse where some of the nation’s most incorrigible prisoners were once locked away in primitive cells, 10-year-old Melody Garcia, visiting with family from Concord, appeared equally perplexed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
Later, staffing concerns forced the prison to shut down a cellhouse in El Dorado, he said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2017
Lansing saw a jump in outbound transfers in May as a medium-security cellhouse closed, also because of staffing issues, Arif said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2017
Turnkey Singleton was answering that the master key, which would open the main door of the cellhouse, had been taken away from its usual place at the telephone switchboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prisoners had christened this cellhouse, eighty feet long, twenty-eight feet wide, Limbo Lane.
From Rolling Stones by Henry, O.
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