2006-08-13 06:51:21 · 8 answers · asked by nightrider 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
State prison is different from state to state. So a poorer state has a pretty rough prison system. Like in Mississippi there is no A/C and it is HOT in the summer. The inmates work in the fields and there is little medical care for them. Their prison clothing, sheets, etc are of poor quality to non-existent. Perhaps a state like New York would be better but I doubt it.
Federal prison is much more lush. There is good food, lots of clothing and medical care and A/C. There is also a work-out room, a library, etc.
Bank robbery, kid-napping, sex crimes, counterfeiting are federal offenses. Other infractions are punished on the state level, depending on which state you are convicted in.
2006-08-13 07:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what you mean by normal prison
But the Federal Prisons are for people convicted in Federal court. And the other prison are state prison. Jails are operated by the county
Within each there are levels of security from minimum security to high and/or super max
2006-08-13 17:32:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go to a federal prison for committing federal crimes. State prison handles state offenses. Some federal prisons are more severe, like the Super Max prisons, particularly the one in Colorado, the worst of the worst go there. On TLC they had a show about the prison system and one inmate said that Super Max in Colorado was used as a threat for unruly inmates and it is the end of the line.
2006-08-13 14:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Federal prisons are reserved for those convicted of federal crimes in a federal court. So called "normal" prisons are for those convicted on the state/local level.
2006-08-13 13:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Bob V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Federal prison is run by the Federal government. I guess by 'normal' prison you mean on run by a State government.
2006-08-13 17:52:57 · answer #5 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, depending on what law one broke, federal prison may be "normal prison." A criminal convicted of a federal crime goes to federal prison; one breaking a state crime goes to state prison. Breaking a county ordinance could get one in county jail.
2006-08-13 13:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cant do the time do federal white collar crime. Better than many resorts and it is all free.
2006-08-13 15:59:53 · answer #7 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the time you get .and the peoples who get sentence there.you get trice the time in federal prison .but there are better perks there
2006-08-13 14:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by idontkno 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋