jailer
Example Sentences
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Unlike her jailers, she doesn’t have to tie people down to talk them into doing what she wants.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of the time, jailers just looked at her federal ID and let her in without asking why she was there.
From Los Angeles Times
Chief jailer George Webb checks a list of articles to be moved to temporary quarters on the city pier in Dec. 7, 1938.
From Los Angeles Times
And he suggested the department could reduce its jail staffing needs by releasing some people if jailers are not able to provide a constitutionally adequate level of care.
From Los Angeles Times
While concerns about staff-incited violence are commonplace among juvenile defense attorneys, Gunsberg said that officers are not punished because youths are rarely willing to speak out against their jailers.
From Los Angeles Times
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