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What is the difference between being jail and being in prison?

Difference between JAIL and PRISON?

  • i know that prison is gnarlier, but what are the reasons to go? like, is jail for people that only get a misdemeanor, and prison is for people with felonies? is that the main difference?

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    jail - for people who haven't been found guilty but don't have a bail option or can't raise bail ( can be 2 years of waiting for a murderer).They are waiting for their court appearance(s). - for people sentenced to under one year of time ......................... prison - more then one year of time given. Where I live there are 3 levels - minimum , medium , and maximum prisons. Jails are considered more dangerous as all levels of offenders are together. The bicycle thief can be sharing a cell with a drug seller . Prisons have sorted out the levels of possible safety, but is of course dangerous.

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I believe the main difference is time. If you will be in for more than 12 months, you go to prison. Prison is more long term than a local jail.

Starry Night

A jail is for a stay less than 1 year. A prison is a stay longer than 1 year.

jakflak

Either way you'd be traded like currency and eating nothing but meat sandwiches for however long your sentence was so don't worry about it.

City and County jails house offenders that are awaiting hearings on new charges or serving sentences for Misdemeanor offenses. State and Federal facilities/prisons are for offenders convicted of felonies that are serving their sentences. "Gnarlier" is one way to put it. "Hell" is how I think of it. If you haven't been, don't go. Felony convictions destroy your life unless you are independently wealthy or a successful business entrepreneur.

It depends on the state. In one state, for instance, if your sentence is less than 9 months, you would serve it in the county jail. If your sentence was greater than 9 months and less than 5 years, you would go to a correctional center, and if the sentence was greater than 5 years you would go to the State prison.

Darla

depending on how big and mean you are....you most likely will come out with an enlarged anal canal...remember not to drop to soap in the shower....

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