jailhouse

/ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌhaʊs/

Etymology

From jail + house.

jailhouse means A building containing a prison. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.

noun

A building containing a prison.““SBF may serve as little as 12.5 years, if he gets all of the jailhouse credit available to him,” Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN.”