What is Jail?
A '''jail''' (also spelled '''gaol''') is a protected place where people are locked up. The [[police]] or other, similar groups, who are meant to protect people, are in charge of it. Some of the people locked in jails are: *People who might have done something against the law (doing this is a [[crime]]) and have not yet been to [[court]] (where whether or not they did it is found out for sure), or who cannot pay the [[bail]] amount set by the court, or who the court thinks are too dangerous to be let out. *People whose court [[trial]] is still happening. *People who have returned from prison to [[appeal]] their prior court trial; or, *People who have been [[conviction|convicted]] of a lesser (often [[misdemeanor]]) crime with a sentence of usually less than a year. ==Other pages== * [[County jail]] * [[Prison]] [[Category:Government buildings]] [[Category:Criminal justice]] [[Category:Punishments]]