Timeline for Do the words "jail" and "prison" refer to different things?
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| Feb 22, 2015 at 4:10 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
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| Dec 28, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I think that technically the US federal facilities are "correctional institutions", not prisons (even though they are run by the Bureau of Prisons). | |
| Dec 28, 2014 at 4:54 | answer | added | Vexerciser | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 28, 2014 at 4:34 | answer | added | Fraser Orr | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 27, 2014 at 16:55 | comment | added | ScotM | As in all linguistic scenarios, this is an interesting confluence of ancient and modern thought. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 21:32 | answer | added | ScotM | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 24, 2014 at 20:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/547850030464638976 | ||
| S Dec 24, 2014 at 17:33 | history | bounty started | tchrist♦ | ||
| S Dec 24, 2014 at 17:33 | history | notice added | tchrist♦ | Draw attention | |
| Jan 20, 2013 at 16:53 | answer | added | Jon Hanna | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 15:27 | history | edited | Lauren | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 14, 2011 at 22:03 | history | edited | Uticensis |
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| Feb 17, 2011 at 10:20 | answer | added | user5142 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 17, 2011 at 8:35 | answer | added | Peter Cameron | timeline score: -3 | |
| Nov 9, 2010 at 15:14 | comment | added | Adam FG | @Hamid Gaol is the original English term for the American English "Jail"; That said, "Jail" is itself more common in the English language today. The terms come from the Medieval French "jaiole" and Old Norther French "gaiole". | |
| Aug 29, 2010 at 23:11 | history | edited | avpaderno | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 19, 2010 at 18:10 | comment | added | mfg | most Americans would say Federal Penitentiary in all likelihood | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 16:46 | answer | added | Jon Hadley | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 15:55 | answer | added | nohat | timeline score: 34 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 14:45 | answer | added | avpaderno | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 13:17 | answer | added | Incognito | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 12:24 | answer | added | mfg | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 11:57 | comment | added | Mysterion | Oh, I forgot about Gaols. Don't know the difference though! | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 11:49 | comment | added | Mysterion | I'm not a native English speaker but I have a feeling that prisons are big sercured facilities while jails are much smaller in size and capacity. Here in Australia, we have prisons, correctional and remand centres. never heard of federal jail or federal prison, even though we have federal police here. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 11:43 | answer | added | robert | timeline score: 44 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 11:06 | history | asked | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |