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Massachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls free

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264 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 29 Nov 23 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.357s | source
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DeathArrow ◴[29 Nov 23 08:27 UTC] No.38456926[source]▶
I am not from USA, so what is the difference between prison and jail?
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1. Gibbon1 ◴[29 Nov 23 08:44 UTC] No.38457026[source]▶
The US has 50 states. And everything like this is can vary by federal, state, county, and muni's. So...

Jail is for naughty people. Prison is for bad people.

Jails are usually run by counties and muni's and hold people before trial and serving sentences for minor crimes. Prisons are run by the feds and states and hold prisoners convicted of serious crimes.