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received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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For those who are intrigued but not yet sold on the idea of a jailhouse glow-up, consider this: centuries ago, prisoners in this very spot would have given anything for a bit of self-care.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
According to jailhouse surveillance footage obtained by ABC News, the man who fought with Davis appeared to have been waiting alone and unattended in a common area when Davis came walking through with an escort.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
At the center of the misconduct in the Smith case was the former prosecution’s failure to disclose the use of jailhouse informants Jeffrey Platt and Paul Martin to get a confession from Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
The jailhouse calls, some 20 hours worth, came in 15-minute increments from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, Calif.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
According to jailhouse surveillance footage obtained by ABC News, the man who fought with Davis appeared to have been waiting alone and unattended in a common area when Davis came walking through with an escort.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
At the center of the misconduct in the Smith case was the former prosecution’s failure to disclose the use of jailhouse informants Jeffrey Platt and Paul Martin to get a confession from Smith.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
The jailhouse calls, some 20 hours worth, came in 15-minute increments from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, Calif.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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