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

What's the difference between Jail and Prison?

  • I would like a detailed answer on what's the difference between the two. Is jail just as bad? Which one is more safe?

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    Is there a difference between prison and jail, or are they basically the same thing? Yes, there are definitely many differences between prison and jail. They are entirely different entities. Here are some of the differences that you’ll want to know about if it’s possible that you or a member of your family is facing the prospect of going to jail or to prison: Jails are locally operated places of incarceration — usually the county runs the jail. There are about 3,600 jails in the U.S. Prisons are operated by the state government, or by the federal government (the federal Bureau of Prisons). Since jails are within the county where the individual was arrested, the jail isn’t very far away. A state or federal prison could be very far away from a convicted person’s home and family. There are only about 100 federal prisons, detention centers, and correctional institutions in the U.S. A person who is being held in custody before a trial/has not yet paid bail/was only recently arrested will be held at a local jail, not in prison. Jails are also a place for people who have been convicted of relatively minor crimes. A jail sentence rarely exceeds a year or two. Defendants who are convicted of state crimes will serve their time in a state prison. Those who are convicted of a federal crime will serve their sentence in a federal prison. Jails don’t have many amenities for people serving time there, since they won’t be there for very long (although a jail sentence can seem like a very very long time). A county jail may have a work release program and services to combat substance abuse and address vocational needs of its inmates — or it may provide only the basic necessities of housing, food, and safety. Prisons often have work release programs, a halfway house service, classrooms for vocational training, and recreation and entertainment facilities. Some prison inmates are going to be there for decades or for a lifetime.

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Definitions vary, but basically jail is local and short-term, prison is state and long-term.

Jail is where you are initially detained and can be your prison if you are given less than one year. Prison is generally considered where you are sent if the sentence is over 1 year. Jail is bad, Prison is a nightmare.

Jails are most often run by sheriffs and or local governments and are designed to hold individuals awaiting trial or a serving short sentences. Prisons are operated by state governments and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and are designed to hold individuals convicted of crimes. Jails operate work release programs, boot camps, and other specialized services. They try to address educational needs, substance abuse needs, and vocational needs while managing inmate behavior. Inmate idleness contributes to management problems. Hope I helped some:)

Jail is being locked up when you lose your freedom, self-respect and begin to realize that you have made a big mistake in life but may still have a chance that things will turn out ok if you change your thinking and actions from distructive ones to positive ones. Prison is when you are locked up and have lost not only your freedon and self respect but most likely your family, friends, dignity, sense of safety, possibly your spirit and your state of mind.

Jail is where you go when you are arrested and waiting to bond out or where you stay if you can't make bail until you go to court. Also people who get short sentences, usually less than a year do their time in jail, probably separate from those who haven't been sentenced. Prison is where you go if you are doing more than a year. I have only been in jail on overnighters and it wasn't that bad but am getting sentenced in January and am looking at 2 years in prison at least. Prison is worse because there are people there doing long sentences and for more serious come but I think and hope that different prisons are different and I hope to get one which isn't too bad

Jail is where you go for the night or a short term stay. Prison is where you go for a long term sentence. I would think that prison is worse.

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