2007-08-03 12:45:22 · 14 answers · asked by Favre's #1 GIRL Fan!! :) 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Prisons are usually run by the federal or state government are are for stays over a year. Jails are run by the city or county and are for less than a year.
2007-08-03 12:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prison is an institution, usually run by state or federal governments, where people convicted of major crimes serve substantial terms. Jails are local institutions, usually run by a county or sometimes a large city, and most of those in them are awaiting trial after arrest. Jail is also where people generally serve terms of a few days or weeks imposed for minor crimes like driving offenses or petty theft.
2007-08-03 12:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally Jail is considered a county holding cell whereas prison is where you go if you are sentenced after trial and it is usually only for felony convictions or if you are sentenced to more than 1 year.
2007-08-03 12:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In California is is just as simple as Jail, normally meaning County Jail less that one year of a sentence. Prison is a Felony sentence of one year or more.
2007-08-03 12:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by El Guapo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jail is local. You are held in jail pending trial (if you aren't out on bail) or for misdemeanors, which usually have shorter terms lasting a few months. Prisons are state or federal, and you go there for committing a felony. That's where terms are measured in years, not months.
2007-08-03 13:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well they both have bars and guards so you'd think they would be about the same.
Prison usually is for people with sentences over a year. Starting at 2 years and up and are run by the Fed's or the State.
Jails are usually run by the cities or counties for shorter terms of confinement.
2007-08-03 12:52:45 · answer #6 · answered by From Yours Trully 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jail is where you go to before a trial. Prison is where you go after you have been sentenced to your time in jail.
2007-08-03 13:00:56 · answer #7 · answered by Elenna G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jail - City or country
Prison - State or Federal
2007-08-03 12:52:52 · answer #8 · answered by gromit801 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jail is where you are held pending trail or if you are convicted of a misdemeanor (which means less then one year of incarceration) Prison is where you go if you are convicted of a felony
2007-08-03 12:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the difference is the crime that you committed in order to get to there. the harsher the crime most likely your going to prison, if its a light sentences then your going to jail!
2007-08-03 12:48:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋