Yes, Doug I know... wrote jails by mistake... People in county and city jails are either awaiting trials or in for a short period, usually less than one year..... Was just curious about the statistics/<br>JM<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Henwood</b> <<a href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jerry Monaco wrote:<br><br>>So does this include city jails, county jails or only state jails?<br><br>State prisons. Cities & counties have jails, states and the feds have<br>prisons. Jails are where people are held awaiting trial or on
<br>short-term offenses; prisons are where you do real time (though<br>thanks to overcrowding, some prison inmates are farmed out to jails).<br><br>Doug<br>___________________________________<br><a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">
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