Collocations for jail - noun

county, local | high-security, maximum security, top security | private | overcrowded

go to
He''s gone to jail for fraud.

put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into | keep sb in | be freed from, be/get out of, be released from
With good behaviour, she could be out of jail in two years.

escape from | threaten sb with
He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered.

face | avoid, escape
She avoided jail by pleading self-defence.

sentence, term

at a/the ~
riots at Strangeways jail

in (a/the) ~
How long has she been in jail? | There was a fire in the jail last night.