My friend said there is a clear difference and tried to explain it to me, but I still don’t really get it. Is jail like a holding place until you get to prison?
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Jail is short term imprisonment or holding. It is run at the county or city level. You could be held as short as a few hours or as long as a year at most. Typically you will be held there prior to trial, but you can get punishments that are less than a year at trial and when that occurs your time will be spent in jail not prison.
Prisons are more secure facilities, sometimes extremely secure. You only go to prison after a court verdict and you will stay there for terms longer than a year. Prisons are operated at the State and Federal level.
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