[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - police=*

[Andy Townsend]

On 10/03/2019 16:02, Sergio Manzi wrote:
> 2) More than "prison" I think "jail" would be more adequate: AFAIK police forces do not "own" prisons (long term incarceration) but only jails (short term incarceration). It is true that in some countries a dedicated police force is in charge of prisons operation, but the "ownership" of the prison is usually "the government".
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That difference might confuse  - that's an American rather than a UK 
difference, I think.  Where "jail" (or even "gaol") is used in the UK 
it's essentially a synonym for prison.  Ireland I think has a similar 
usage to the UK; not sure about other English-speaking jusidictions 
worldwide.

Best Regards,

Andy