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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: 0s | 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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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. wil421 ◴[29 Nov 23 15:16 UTC] No.38460391[source]▶
This is not correct. Yes, jail is people waiting for trial and usually convicted people with less than a year sentence. Prison is usually for people with a year or longer sentence. My state has a prison for younger drug offenders and other places for violent convicted criminals.