prison hierarchy

Jail is county, 12 months or less.

Prison is state.

Btw, jail is much worse than prison.

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Jail is county, 12 months or less.

Prison is state.

Btw, jail is much worse than prison.

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Interesting, why is that?

[Brainwalter]

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Jail is county, 12 months or less.

Prison is state.

Btw, jail is much worse than prison.

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Interesting, why is that?

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Probably because of the armed robbers, rapists, and murderers.

Well, several reasons. First and foremost, around here at least, the jails don't have a yard. This means that during your time there, you will never taste fresh air.

Second, there are TVs, weights, and activities in prison, none of which you will find in jail.

Third, the commissary (stuff you can buy) is much better in prison. You can get CD players, sunglasses, Nike shoes, and other decent stuff in prison. All you can really get in jail is junk food.

Lastly, believe it or not, the people in prison are generally much cooler. People in jail are jackasses who think they are going to get out soon (and usually are), so they don't ever want to be cool or get to know anyone. When you're locked up, time passes SO SLOW, so if you can actually talk with the other people in there, you'll at least have something to do.

There's some stuff I'm forgetting too, but these are some key issues. Oh also, prisons are much cleaner and nicer looking, as they are state funded and not dependant on how rich/poor the county is.

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Jail is county, 12 months or less.

Prison is state.

Btw, jail is much worse than prison.

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Interesting, why is that?

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Probably because of the armed robbers, rapists, and murderers.

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Jail is where you go when you've been in a fight or failed to pay a fine. Generally, you do short time here.

Prison is where you go when you commit armed robbery or rape. Generally you do many months to many years here.




You are contradicting him? I would assume prison is worse?

This guy has no idea what he's talking about, I promise. They don't just group everyone into the same area and assume it will be fine. There are different blocks according to the classification of your offense. I.E. if you are in there for drug trafficking, your cellmate won't be a rapist.

[chesspain]

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Well, several reasons. First and foremost, around here at least, the jails don't have a yard. This means that during your time there, you will never taste fresh air.

Second, there are TVs, weights, and activities in prison, none of which you will find in jail.

Third, the commissary (stuff you can buy) is much better in prison. You can get CD players, sunglasses, Nike shoes, and other decent stuff in prison. All you can really get in jail is junk food.

Lastly, believe it or not, the people in prison are generally much cooler. People in jail are jackasses who think they are going to get out soon (and usually are), so they don't ever want to be cool or get to know anyone. When you're locked up, time passes SO SLOW, so if you can actually talk with the other people in there, you'll at least have something to do.

There's some stuff I'm forgetting too, but these are some key issues. Oh also, prisons are much cleaner and nicer looking, as they are state funded and not dependant on how rich/poor the county is.

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Another key issue is that jails have a much higher turnover of prisoners, meaning it is more difficult for both staff and other inmates to really get to know for whom to watch out.

FWIW, however, I know a county jail corrections officer who believes that the state prison here in NH is more dangerous than the county jail in which he works. Of course, this may just be a projection on his part based upon his belief that he is in a very safe, well controlled environment (which may or may not be true).

For an officer, yeah I think prison is more dangerous.