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25 Nov 2014
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What is the difference between prison and jail ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between prison and jail ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Prisons usually occupy people who have committed crimes, whereas jails usually hold people awaiting trial.
Prisions also provide long-term confinement.
Thats only if you are really looking into the details though, as Zac said, they basically have the same meaning otherwise.
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