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Sort of a minor point but I wonder though if the quote meant prison rather than jail. Anecdotally I've heard that it is hard to get drugs in jail, but very easy
by Herodotus38 10y ago
Sort of a minor point but I wonder though if the quote meant prison rather than jail. Anecdotally I've heard that it is hard to get drugs in jail, but very easy in prison. This makes sense because people in jail are there for short stints and thus don't have time to make the connections required for a clandestine black market. A lot of people use the terms jail and prison interchangably, though they are technically different in the USA.
- jboles 10y agoThat is interesting. What is the distinction? Jail is usually a holding area while prison is for serving a sentence?
- nsp 10y agoJail is pre-conviction, prison post. (As a general rule, there are always exceptions)
- lsaferite 10y agoFrequently, convictions under 1 year stay in jail for the duration.
- putlake 10y agoYes, that's pretty much it. http://www.diffen.com/difference/Jail_vs_Prison http://www.diffen.com/difference/Jail_vs_Prison
- markdown 10y agoThe equivalent of your jail in my country (Fiji) is Remand Prison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remand_(detention) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remand_(detention)