cellhouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cellhouse
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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
The 1,800 inmates of another Folsom cellhouse were locked in their cells be fore they knew what had happened.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following are used interchangably: today and to-day, exconvict and ex-convict cellhouse and cell-house brokenhearted and broken-hearted Several unbalanced quotes were left as in the original.
From The Nation Behind Prison Bars by George L. (George Lewis) Herr
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