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For many Americans, jails and prisons are lumped into a synonymous category of places they never want to go. However, while they are remain places to be avoided, they are far from synonymous. They are both correctional facilities where people who have been found guilty in court are left to serve their debts to society, but that is about where the similarities end. There are numerous differences between prisons and jails that many people do not know about. To begin, jails and prisons differ in the level of government that runs them. Jails are operated by individual counties. The jail that a person is sent to is usually located in the county in which they committed, or are accused of committing, their crime. While just about every county in Texas has a jail, prisons are dispersed less densely. Prisons are operated by the state or even the federal government and often serve several counties. Prisons house people who have been convicted of crimes and are serving sentences longer than a year or two. Most felony convictions result in prison sentences. Jails contain people who are awaiting trial or are serving relatively short (less than a year) sentences. Either way, being found guilty of a crime and facing jail time is not a future anyone wants for themselves. If you are being accused of a criminal offense, the Austin criminal defense lawyer Ian Inglis can help you defend your freedoms and avoid harsh incarceration sentences.
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