Talk:Jail

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I moved the article Jail (American) to Jail because this usage is not US specific. Please see the history of Jail (American) for previous issues.--Scheibenzahl 21:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I think you made a mistake doing this. I see no evidence that there is a difference between jail and prison in the United Kingdom. It seems to be a distinction only made in the United states. The United Kingdom is mentioned in the first paragraph but the sources cited are American. The article is a nonsense from a non-US perspective. Suitsyou 00:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] POV and lack of sources

What evidence is there of a "ballooning" county jail population and subsequent strain on resources? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by fyfyfyfy Inserted with Template:fyfyfyfy-->

The article lacks sources. I have tagged the article for these sources. Also, Jails can be as dangerous as state prisons, particularly for women. Inmates held at jails can make weapons out of almost anything sounds like point of view and dare I say original research. The article will be sent to the clean-up taskforce. Computerjoe 14:01, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup Taskforce

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== County jail ==

The article lacks sources, needs wikification and need POV stripped. Computerjoe 14:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Added to User:Nivus/Desk RJFJR 17:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] County Jail

Obvioulsy the person asking for the review of this article has nothing to do with the profesion of corrections. I can send you so many articles on over crowding in county jail, I couldn't begin to count them. Inmates making weapons out of just about anything___I have seen weapons that could kill made from paper!! Of course the women working in this kind of setting have to be very well educated in thier field and aware of thier surroundings at all times The inmates that are held in county jails are the very same inmates in the state prisons and federal prisons. the days of Otis checking in for the weekend to sober up are gone. the inmates actually become less of a threat once they are placed in the state prison system. This system allows for the administration to put into place goals the inmates must meet in order to further his priviledge level, therefore ( the inmate) not wanting to upset the cart now has rules and regulation he WILL follow in order to get what he wants. Please excuse my spelling.

Lt. Nancy L Pickering Jail Commander

[edit] Merge?

Seems to me that this really should be folded into prison. Otherwise, we're getting weird stuff like: residents of Marion and surrounding areas gathered at the city jail as jail gets disambiguated. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 03:40, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

But there is a distinction between jail and prison most of the time, isn't there? Awaiting trial or serving for a misdemeanor - jail - prison has a different connotation of already convicted of a more serious crime.So if it's folded in, it would need a separate section of some kind and careful explanation of the difference - a redirect wouldn't do it. Not sure I see why the above, and leaving separate article, is a problem though. Tvoz |talk 20:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
The redirtect just lost this discussion page and the history - I don't think it makes sense, but maybe I'm missing something. Tvoz |talk 20:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Sorry - I was premature as the change was in the middle of happening - I assume history will follow. But I still question the fold into prison as above.Tvoz |talk 22:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

to me it would make sense to leave it, because i specifically looked up gaol and prison so that i could find out what the difference was. if it was merged, there would need to be an explanation of the difference.139.230.245.20 07:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] funding

this page should talk abou tthe funding of jail, money wont grow on trees, so it has to come from somewhere 137.87.66.6 18:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "One Year" Rule

As far as I know, the "one year" rule is not a rule, just the typical length of a sentence. If you look at the prison article it says jails are for offenders "typically" spendiong less than one year. I have two parents who work in a county jail and they both say it's just a very common misconception. 67.81.174.15 (talk) 22:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Gaol" spelling in Australia

That Australian Government website that claims "Gaol is the Australian spelling" (my emphasis) is very misleading. True, some older establishments are known as "X Gaol", but "prison" or "facility" seem to be the vogue these days. In all other contexts I know of, "jail" is most definitely the Australian way these days. -- JackofOz (talk) 10:09, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Prisons

If anyone is interested, I have proposed a new Wikiproject concerning prisons here.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 22:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)