According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), ______ are defined as “locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates who are incarcerated have a sentence of a year or less, but the facility also incarcerates people in a wide variety of other categories.”

a. prisons
b. jails
c. mental institutions
d. day reporting centers


b. jails

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a. true b. false

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c. waiver. d. transfer.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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