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While key differences exist between jails and prisons — jails typically house people awaiting trial and those serving short sentences, while prisons confine convicts long term — the Justice Department’s study remains illustrative of life behind bars….

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ShortFuse@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yep. That’s the right definition. Not what you said.

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- Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  You said jail is for innocent people.
  
  So in other words you have reading problems and don’t understand basic English and grammar.
  
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  - ShortFuse@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t have to distract with cheap ad-hominem attacks when I can quote your words right back to you:
    
    Prison. Not jail.
    
    Jails are temporary holding areas until you get to see a judge. Which means you could still be innocent at that point.
    
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    Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Read it one more time. Notice the word COULD.
    
    I never said jails are for innocent people. I said it’s a holding cell for people who have yet to be tried. Which means they COULD be innocent.
    
    Never heard of innocent before proven guilty?
    
    Are you really this dense?
    
    Reading problems.
    
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