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• n  someone who guards prisoners

• After the jailer has departed one evening, the prisoner notices his cell door has been left open.
• On the jailer and the jailer's wife he made a strongly mysterious impression; his effect on the jailer's daughter was even stronger.
• Citing mostly circumstantial evidence, Prosecutor William Griffin contended that she lured the 62-year-old jailer into her cell with a promise of sex and then killed him in .

• prison guard
• jailor
• gaoler
• screw
• turnkey

News & Articles

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• Inmate Accused Of Assaulting Jailer
  One sheriff's office says an inmate hit a jailer so hard, that jailer had to get stitches in his face.
  June 13, 2013 - WITN 7 North Carolina
• Ex-Jailer Files Whistleblower Suit Against Sheriff
  A former jailer has sued the Ellis County Sheriff's Department claiming he was fired as retaliation for reporting a co-worker who repeatedly used a stun gun on a handcuffed inmate.
  June 12, 2013 - KAKE Wichita
• Ex-jailer files whistleblower suit against Ellis County sheriff
  WICHITA - A former jailer has sued the Ellis County Sheriff's Department claiming he was fired as re ...
  June 12, 2013 - Hutchinson News

Quotes

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• Michael Hayden in Newsday
  We were kind of turning into the nation's jailer, a wholly inappropriate role for us,Hayden said.
• Dana Perino in USA Today
  America does not have any intention of being the world's jailer,White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino told reporters.
• John F Kennedy in Plainview Daily Herald
  In an era when "alikeness" was prized, Kennedy said, "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." "We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes." "Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking...