What are the different types of prisons in America,and why are there so many different types?
Go to Google Type in: Find list of state prisons CLICK: “List of US state prisons – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” What is the difference between jail and prison? According to a definition used by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics in its report, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear, jails are locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates sentenced to jail usually have a sentence of 1 year or less. (This can vary by state.) Jails also incarcerate persons in a variety of other categories, such as persons being held pending arraignment, trial, conviction, or sentencing; those who have been returned to custody following violation of the terms of their release on probation or parole; and persons being transferred to the custody of other criminal justice/correctional authorities. Prisons are operated by either a state or the federal government, and they confine only those individuals who have been sentenced to 1 year or more of incar
