jails (Meaning)
jails
to confine in or as if in a jail, prison, confinement in a jail, such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, lockup, penitentiary, prison, such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (such as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare prison, a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
Synonyms & Antonyms of jails
Synonyms:
- slammers
- glasshouses
- guardhouses
- wards
- bridewells
- work camps
- gulags
- holds
- hulks
- bastilles
- quods
- cells
- tolbooths
- clinks
- joints
- reformatories
- pokeys
- hocks
- bull pens
- tanks
- hoosegows
- calabooses
- big houses
- jugs
- nicks
- concentration camps
- holes
- prison camps
- guardrooms
- slams
- stirs
- cans
- jailhouses
- keeps
- labor camps
- dungeons
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
jails Sentence Examples
- The overcrowded jails are a breeding ground for disease and violence.
- The inhumane conditions in jails violate the basic rights of inmates.
- Prisons and jails are not effective deterrents to crime, but they do create a cycle of recidivism.
- The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with over 2 million people in jails and prisons.
- Mass incarceration is a major contributor to poverty, inequality, and racial disparities.
- The prison industrial complex is a multi-billion dollar industry that profits from mass incarceration.
- The school-to-prison pipeline pushes students into the criminal justice system instead of providing them with the support they need.
- The war on drugs has led to the mass incarceration of people of color, particularly Black and Latino men.
- There is a growing movement to reform the criminal justice system, including reducing reliance on jails and prisons.
- Decriminalization and legalization of drugs would help to reduce the number of people in jails for nonviolent offenses.
FAQs About the word jails
to confine in or as if in a jail, prison, confinement in a jail, such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of
prisons, penitentiaries, pens, cages, stockades, coops, lockups,brigs, coolers, slammers
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The overcrowded jails are a breeding ground for disease and violence.
The inhumane conditions in jails violate the basic rights of inmates.
Prisons and jails are not effective deterrents to crime, but they do create a cycle of recidivism.
The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with over 2 million people in jails and prisons.
