http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=9779
Juliet A Terry
"Prison, jail -- to most people, those terms are interchangeable.
To an inmate sentenced to serve time in prison but spending those years in jail, the difference is painfully apparent. For those who do not understand the problem, who do not grasp the fundamental differences between jail and prison, a quick explanation is needed.
'Jails are extremely austere. Twenty-three out of 24 hours on a typical day are spent in a space not much larger than a person's living room with anywhere from 18 to, with the overcrowding, 60 people who are not necessarily folks you would choose as your neighbor,' said Steve Canterbury, administrator of state courts and former executive director of the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.
'Prisons, on the other hand, have a great deal of freedom of movement within the walls.' "
