jailer

Example Sentences

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“Those responsible have to fall, and not only the jailers, the politicians have to fall, the people in charge of immigration policy in Mexico, because this is not fair,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

His character, a lute-playing bard condemned to a tundra prison for “grand larceny and skullduggery,” stands before a clemency council, promising his jailers he’s reformed.

From Los Angeles Times

The Russians’ behavior befuddled the convicts from the start, with no one, including apparently their new jailers, having much of an idea what to do with them.

From New York Times

Telles, who remains jailed in Las Vegas, also wants the court to order jailers to loosen detention restrictions and provide a better legal research system so he can prepare his defense.

From Seattle Times

Mitchell, a 33-year-old pretrial detainee at the Walker County Jail in Alabama, had asked jailers for water and held a cup up to his window, the lawsuit says.

From Washington Post