meaning of jail
1. A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
2. To imprison.
3. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence
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