Comment by aqme28
3 years ago
Technically, a jail is for people not yet convicted, and prison is for the convicted. In practice, a lot of people just use the terms interchangeably.
3 years ago
Technically, a jail is for people not yet convicted, and prison is for the convicted. In practice, a lot of people just use the terms interchangeably.
This is not correct. Yes, jail is people waiting for trial and usually convicted people with less than a year sentence. Prison is usually for people with a year or longer sentence. My state has a prison for younger drug offenders and other places for violent convicted criminals.
Jails are also often used for people who are convicted of lesser crimes, with sentences under a year.
and are housed interchangeably in big cities where most of the population experiences these facilities