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I believe the GP was making a distinction between jail and prison. Jail is where you are held until your trial or you make bail. Prison is where you are sent
by drdec 5y ago
I believe the GP was making a distinction between jail and prison. Jail is where you are held until your trial or you make bail. Prison is where you are sent after you are convicted. A penitentiary would be a prison, not a jail.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoIf he was talking about it in this sense, I agree. However in my native language these terms are used interchangeably, both meaning "prison".
- drdec 5y agoTo be fair, it is not unusual for native English speakers to conflate the two words as well.
- javajosh 5y agoEven prison should be without "cruel and unusual punishment", with emphasis on "cruel". For example, letting prisoners die in extreme heat is cruelty on its face. John Oliver had a thing on this recently[1]. Looks like Texas has done the minimal thing, which is effectively nothing [2]. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fiRDJLjL94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fiRDJLjL94 2 - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/14/texas-prison-air-conditioning-legislature/ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/14/texas-prison-air-con...