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Jailhouse

//ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌhaʊs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A building containing a prison.

    "“SBF may serve as little as 12.5 years, if he gets all of the jailhouse credit available to him,” Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN."

  2. 2
    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) wordnet

Etymology

From jail + house.

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