The police do not keep you in jail, the court does. The court will keep you in jail - or temporarily free on bail - until your "not guilty" status is confirmed by a court.
Either the prosecution fails to prove you guilty or prosecutors drop the charges. When the court confirms you are not guilty, you are immediately freed.
what is the length of time you can go to jail for, for telling a lie to the police?
20 YEARS
24 hours
Get mushrooms, Tell police, Find out?
it depends on the crime.
beat them or keep them in jail for a super LONG TIME
Of course it is. If you go shopping with your parents and you steal something, your parents will have to call the police and take you to jail Or your parents will show you the sign that said, "FREE RIDE IN THE POLICE CAR IF YOU SHOPLIFT FROM THIS STORE." You have to obey that rule! If you don't, you go to Jail for it depends on how long you will stay in jail!
For the length of time they have been sentenced for their crime.
for life under the warrents act 1972
Normally police can hold you for up to 48 hours before having to present you to the court to be formally charged.
There is no specific time limit on how long they can keep you in jail. However, authorities are bound by law to get you processed and seen by an attorney and a judge as soon as possible.
Until you pay off the bounty on it.