well if its correct name is federal prison, then when and why did it start being called jail, and who came up with this name? hope you guys could give me a little info
2007-08-26 13:17:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Jails and federal prisons are two different things. Jails are correctional institutions detaining accused persons awaiting trial, or persons convicted of crime and are serving sentences less than a year. Prisons detain persons convicted of crime, but are serving relatively long terms. Most jails are smaller prisons run by counties and cities. Federal prisons are larger and house more inmates than a jail. They are usually run by states.
As for the term 'jail', it originated from Middle English 'jaiole' (from Old French) and from Middle English 'gaiol' or 'gaol' (from Old North French gaiole), both from Vulgar Latin *gaviola, from Latin *caveola, meaning cave, cage, or hollow.
2007-08-26 13:30:49 · answer #1 · answered by Cerina A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jail refers to county and city jails. A jail sentence can last no longer than 1 year. Prisons are for year and up convictions.
2007-08-26 13:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Glen B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gaol is an early Modern English spelling for jail, with the same pronunciation and meaning of a place of legal detention. Although jail is now more common, gaol is still the favoured spelling in parts of the British Commonwealth, for example in Australia.[3] However, in Australia, the spelling "jail" is now preferred in popular contexts such as the media, the spelling "gaol" being mainly retained in historical use and in the legal profession. Canada, also a part of the British Commonwealth, has made a similar transition in usage.
The Oxford English Dictionary states that gaol comes from the Norman French spelling gaiole down to the 17th century as gaile. It remains in written form in the archaic spelling gaol mainly through statutory and official tradition. The only remaining spoken pronunciation is jail (IPA: /dʒeɪl/), from the Old Parisian French word jaiole. In modern French, the word geôle is still used in literary contexts to refer to jail.
From the 16th until the 18th centuries the word goal(e) was used widely, possibly as an erroneous spelling of gaol, or possibly a phonetic spelling.[4]
2007-08-26 13:20:59 · answer #3 · answered by missourim43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-26 13:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference to me is:
I have always thought of Jail as local confinment within a city, town. or counties jurisdiction with sentences of less than one year. Prision however is at the state of federal level with sentences of more than one year.
2007-08-26 14:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jail is where you are heald during ur trial and before. After your sentanced your moved to jail.
2007-08-26 13:29:47 · answer #6 · answered by s.caci92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋