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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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aqme28 ◴[29 Nov 23 09:48 UTC] No.38457452[source]▶

Technically, a jail is for people not yet convicted, and prison is for the convicted. In practice, a lot of people just use the terms interchangeably.

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1. yieldcrv ◴[29 Nov 23 10:26 UTC] No.38457714[source]▶

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and are housed interchangeably in big cities where most of the population experiences these facilities

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