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  • noun Plural form of jailhouse.

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Examples

  • The suspect, Ricardo Valles de la Rosa, is a member of the notorious Aztecs drug gang, which got its start in jailhouses in El Paso and operates on both sides of the border.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: March 31, 2010 2010

  • Soldiers helped capture Klansmen, guarded jailhouses and courthouses when authorities prosecuted them, and demonstrated that the army would aid in enforcing federal laws.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Soldiers helped capture Klansmen, guarded jailhouses and courthouses when authorities prosecuted them, and demonstrated that the army would aid in enforcing federal laws.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Iraq's Justice Ministry, which runs the country's official prisons, has made efforts to renovate once-infamous jailhouses such as Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad.

    Abuse and torture rife in Iraqi prisons 2010

  • There was some of them were minimum security, some were maximum security, and some of them were kid joints, and some of them were adult jailhouses.

    Merle Haggard Reflects On His Outlaw Country Past 2010

  • There was some of them were minimum security, some were maximum security, and some of them were kid joints, and some of them were adult jailhouses.

    Merle Haggard Reflects On His Outlaw Country Past 2010

  • There was some of them were minimum security, some were maximum security, and some of them were kid joints, and some of them were adult jailhouses.

    Merle Haggard Reflects On His Outlaw Country Past 2010

  • PARIS – Security officials from several European countries have developed a manual to help prison authorities prevent their jailhouses from becoming incubators for Muslim extremists.

    Manual outlines Muslim radicalization in prisons 2008

  • There was some of them were minimum security, some were maximum security, and some of them were kid joints, and some of them were adult jailhouses.

    Merle Haggard Reflects On His Outlaw Country Past 2010

  • There was some of them were minimum security, some were maximum security, and some of them were kid joints, and some of them were adult jailhouses.

    Merle Haggard Reflects On His Outlaw Country Past 2010

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