• thesmokingman@programming.dev
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    In the US at least prisoners do not really have a choice of reading material. Men in prison get jacked and read what they can get their hands on which is not necessarily what they might want to read. This is a good DB. Prisoners might also have to pay to read if it’s digital. I would personally contend that it’s harder to read in jail than prison but I don’t have a good study for that. More people go through jail than prison so the ability to read is much lower overall.

    The rest of the world might treat prisoners a little more like human beings so I don’t know if this works outside of the US.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      For those unaware of the difference, everyone in prison has been found guilty and sentenced for a crime, jail is typically where people are incarcerated before being tried and/or sentenced.

      An officer can literally arrest you on whatever charges they might make up on the spot and take you to jail, and depending on a number of specifics you may simply not have many options to leave jail before your trial which is often many months later. I think there’s some form of protection against this sometimes but I’m not well versed enough on the subject to know for sure and make a general statement

      • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
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        Fun fact, it’s perfectly legal for them to hold you for three days without even charging you with a crime.