jailhouse
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Alfonsi has reported on a range of subjects, including the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Covid superspreader event, the jailhouse death of Jeffrey Epstein and student survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Alarmed by the growing jailhouse fraternity, authorities tightened prison controls and transferred inmates to other states.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Department of Justice announced just before Christmas Eve it would stop monitoring the Orange County district attorney’s use of jailhouse informants.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
We’d pass below it every time they transported me between the jailhouse and the courthouse.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
Worse, I was just the same as every other jailhouse con who walked into his office looking to feed him a fake paint-by-numbers home life.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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