Sunday, March 28, 2010

JAIL VS. PRISON: THE DIFFERENCE

According to AP:

Prison is a generic term that may be applied to the maximum security institutions or reformatories. All such facilities confine people serving sentences for felonies.

A jail is a facility normally used to confine people serving sentences for misdemeanors, persons awaiting trial or sentencing on either felony or misdemeanor charges, and persons confined for civil matters such as failure to pay alimony and other types of contempt of court.

See also:

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/jail-prison-difference.html

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