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."

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Jails are defined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication, typically for sentences of a year or less, but also for a variety of other categories.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), ______ Are