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jail is civil prison is federal
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Not sure if its international or even nation wide. But in my state you couldn't be placed in jail if your term was longer than 366 days. So basically it comes down to the severity of the sentence on where you are placed. Also jails were run by local or county departments and prisons are run by federal/state bureaus.
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I'd rather bend down for the soap in jail than in prison.
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jail is for minor offenses or holding until they can go to prison! Prison is for federal offenses!
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1 year to life.
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Jails are maintained by municipalities or counties, and are generally used for incarceration sentences of less than one year, whereas prisons are maintained by states or the federal government, and are used for sentences longer than one year. Some county jail cells (like those here in Chautauqua County, New York) are being leased to house some nonviolent prison inmates, but only those with sentences of less than five years or so. This is done to ease the increasing crowding in state prisons.
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" "Jail" is a synonym for "prison" in most countries (excluding the United States)" "Jail, or gaol (especially in Australia), remand prison, is a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the state. This includes either accused persons awaiting trial or for those who have been convicted of a crime and are serving a sentence of less than one year. Jails are generally small penitentiaries run by individual counties and cities, though some jails in larger communities may be as large and hold as many inmates as regular prisons. "Jail" is also a synonym for "prison" in most countries (excluding the United States), especially when the facility is of a similar size as a correctional facility. As with prisons, some jails have different wings for certain types of offenders, and have work programs for inmates who demonstrate good behavior." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jail
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You can get bailed out of jail with cash... in prison you are paying people to protect you with cigarettes you had your mom smuggle in
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The difference between jail and prison is that generally, if someone is going to jail, their sentence is a year or less. If they have over that, it's prison. In the state of Minnesota, however, if with credit for time they've already served, the actual time they have to be incarcerated ends up being less than 180 days, they serve that time in the county jail instead.
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