gray bar hotel 

prison/jail

stephen going to the gray bar hotel for robbery

gray bar hotel by Co-stanza January 19, 2011

The Gray Bar Hotel 

This is what the slang name for the Hall Of Justice Jail in downtown Los Angelas was. ( H.O.J.J)
The jail was located on the upper floors of the city hall building. When the inmates would go to court via the under the street passage between the court building and the jail, one could see that name on the barred (grey) entranceway leading to the jail.

The inmates filed past the deputies leading the way into the Gray Bar Hotel.

The Gray Bar Hotel by Captain Save A Hoe October 11, 2013

graybar hotel

Jail; hoosegow; the can; the jug; the calabozo; the slammer. A school of crime where you can get free medical care from Vietnames quacks and get ass-fucked as often as you like, or more. Also graybar motel.

I kited some checks, so they sent me on a three-month vacation at the graybar hotel.

graybar hotel by Octopod November 6, 2003