Sentence:  After three "<WSD>jolts</WSD>" in prison, three separate periods of incarceration, Braly decided to try his hand at writing. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A long prison sentence.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MUbeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA371&dq=%22a+Jolt%22+prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAlsmPsrPbAhUE-lQKHb60DacQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Jolt%22%20prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&f=false 2015, (Eric Partridge), "A Dictionary of the Underworld", page 371]</ref>