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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.
by aqme28 3y 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.
- yieldcrv 3y agoand are housed interchangeably in big cities where most of the population experiences these facilities
- technothrasher 3y agoJails are also often used for people who are convicted of lesser crimes, with sentences under a year.
- wil421 3y agoThis 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.