Difference between Jail and Jailhouse

JAIL vs JAILHOUSE: NOUN

A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor.
Detention in a jail.
A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for crime or for debt; usually, in the United States, a place of confinement for minor offenses in a county.
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
The release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence.
See under Gaol.
Typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
A space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large.
A peculiar form of padlock; -- called also Scandinavian lock.
Confinement in a jail.
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The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
A place for incarcerating prisoners; a jail.
A building containing a jail.

Lockup, Slammer, Penitentiary, Prison, Immure, Put behind bars, Lag, Jug, Put away, Imprison, Incarcerate, Clink, Remand, Jailhouse, Gaol

Confinement, Incarceration, Imprisonment, Sentence, Detention, Imprisoned, Lockup, Penitentiary, Prison, Immure, Lag, Imprison, Incarcerate, Remand, Gaol

Singleton said anyone booked into the Lauderdale County Jail is screened once they enter the jail.
The jail Superintendent has been working in this jail for the past one year.
OUSINGSecuring housing is the most immediate challenge that offenders face upon release from prison, state jail, or county jail.
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Jail time with some type of program to get them clean and sober while in jail.
More lists of county jail, prison, sheriff, correctional facility and jail roster in MO.
Dekalb County Jail and can help get your loved one out of jail fast.
You can find their jail tracker on the Washington County Jail website.
Payson Jail is commonly confused with Gila County Jail.
Department Corrections Bureau The jail is made of two facilities, main jail and new jail.

State offered the testimony of Charles Pennington, a jailhouse snitch.
Former Inmate Testifies Senior Gotti Bankrolled Jailhouse Drug Deal.
State called Rhodeswho recounted his jailhouse discussions with Thompson.
No Old West town is complete without a jailhouse.
Jailhouse Informants, Part I: Problems with their Use.
Pam Bondi agrees those jailhouse conversations are telling.
Jailhouse snitch testimony often leads to wrongful conviction.
How may prison official restrict the jailhouse lawyer?
Jailhouse or sailing the granite seas of Yosemite.
Jailhouse Informers Jailhouse informers with incentives to lie have played a role in a number of wrongful convictions.