Donate SIGN UP
Home > Law > jail and prison

jail and prison

Avatar Image
sanisha10 | 22:09 Mon 12th Feb 2007 | Law
3 Answers
does anyone know what the difference is between jail and prison?
if you do let me know.
thanks
prev old school records
  
next Probate
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 3 of 3rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by sanisha10. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Avatar Image Gmcd01
Call me stupid (Or just ignorant), but I've always used those terms interchangeably...
23:11 Mon 12th Feb 2007
Avatar Image Grunty
The words are interchangeable, but it is usual to use prison for a place of long-term incarceration. A gaol is a prison, especially one for people awaiting trial. A jail is an American gaol.
12:05 Tue 13th Feb 2007
Avatar Image Nether Edge
In Monopoly (now Mono University?), you Go Directly to Jail- not prison.
But the TV series was The Prisoner (not the Jailer or even Jailor).
12:28 Tue 13th Feb 2007

1 to 3 of 3rss feed

Do you know the answer?

jail and prison

Answer Question >>