jail for "life"........

Prisons and jails are both referred to as incarcerations. A prison is where people get physically confined and lack personal freedom, and also those awaiting trails and those serving a term exceeding one year are confined here, while a jail is where inmates are housed prior to their trials on local level and those serving a term of one year or less. The society is protected from the offenders by them being confined in prisons, where their behaviors can be monitored, or they can be placed in community-based facilities which are secured and also offer an opportunity for the prisoners to acquire skills and knowledge through work related activities. The jail on the other hand serves the purpose of detaining law offenders of which they shall be knowledge on the reason for detention as they go through the process of criminal justice. The jails do so by holding people who are awaiting trials, convictions or those to be sentenced; those who have already been sentenced and are waiting to be taken to prison, and also holding law violators who cannot afford to pay the bonds....... ..... A whole life prison sentence means that once found guilty and sent to prison the person will not be released, ever, and will live out the rest of their life in jail. This would only be used for very, very serious crimes and/or where the criminal would still be a danger to the public if he or she was ever released. A whole life sentence is quite rare and it's estimated there are only between 35 and 50 people serving whole life sentences in the UK.

A whole life sentence is different to being sent to jail for "life". Depending on the seriousness of the crime a person serving a life sentence could be considered for release (called parole) after, say, 15 years. The minimum term before being considered for parole is set by the judge when the sentence is given to the criminal... ... ...