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Prisons are where felony offenders go to serve their sentences consisting of at least one year. Local jails are where misdemeanor offenders are housed. HOWEVER - in some cases - when jails are overcrowded, misdemeanor inmates may be 'farmed out' to prisons who have more room to house the inmates.

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