Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jailhouse

1 sense of jailhouse

Sense 1
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey -- (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
       => correctional institution -- (a penal institution maintained by the government)