jail cell

Example Sentences

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She referenced recorded statements allegedly made by another defendant, Jose Jonathan Castillo, inside his jail cell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“You’re going to get people like Estelle,” he said, “who haven’t meant to do anything wrong, getting detained in a jail cell in Michigan.”

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Sollenberger found that FBI agents entered the woman’s case file into the agency’s database on Aug. 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

This was the reality under Mr. Maduro, who is now in a Brooklyn jail cell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

I became acutely aware of the enclosure’s impassable boundary all around me, the sensation of being in a jail cell; it became all the more important to get out.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer