Jail and Prison

Jail and Prison

Identification of the types of prisons

The selected prison and jail for the paper include the California State Prison that is located in the Los Angeles County of California state in the city of Lancaster. It is the male only prison of the state and considered to be the only and first prison that is being situated in the particular county. The state prison is managed and regulated by the department of rehabilitation and corrections, California. The jail that is selected for the comparative analysis in the paper is the Central Jail Complex located in Orange County, California. The jail is regulated and managed by the Sheriff's Department of Orange County, California state. This paper discuses the comparative analysis of the California State Prison with the Central Jail Complex of Orange County.

The major differences between the selected jail and the selected prison

Since, the state prisons hold a large amount of space and land as compared to the jails in the areas; therefore, they provide more facilities and services to the people. The central jail complex in Orange County is run the local government and the sheriffs. Whereas, the California state prison is run and operated by the federal bureau of prisons and the state government. The central jail complex in Orange County is designed to hold such individuals who wait for their trails in eth court or who are serving some kind of short jail sentences. On the other hand, the California state prison holds those individuals who are the serious criminals or are convicted of their crimes and they need long term prison sentence. There are also several differences in the facilities provided to the prisoners held in central jail complex and the California state prison.

Aspects of jail and prison culture and subculture

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