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Not at all. Thousands of innocent people at sitting in our jails as we speak. Most of them will never be free. But that's beside the point. He's not in prison,
by zacinbusiness 13y ago
Not at all. Thousands of innocent people at sitting in our jails as we speak. Most of them will never be free. But that's beside the point.
He's not in prison, he's in jail, and there's a big difference.
Depending on the circumstances, you could sit in jail your whole life while you await some technical process to complete. You don't even have to be charged with anything.
- bmunro 13y agoHe's not in prison, he's in jail, and there's a big difference. What?! Jail and prison are synonyms. There is no real difference. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/prison http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/prison - A building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jail http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jail - A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. Both refer to being detained both before and after conviction.
- rangibaby 13y agoI think by jail he is referring to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remand_(detention) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remand_(detention)
- zacinbusiness 13y agoThe main difference is that you go to prison after a conviction, where s you may sit in jail (nearly) indefinitely without trial or legal counsel. Jails are also usually less well funded, older, and generally less pleasant (oh yeah) than are prisons.
- MarkTee 13y agoThere's a difference (in the US at least). A concise summary: http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=4f892698-5c5d-40f8-b159-c9a0b6ed66f3 http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=4f892698-5c5d-40f8...