Jailhouse
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌhaʊs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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
Example
More examples"The quadruplets are only distinguishable by little jailhouse tattoos behind their ears."
Etymology
From jail + house.