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Offenders confined in short-term facilities that are usually administered by a local enforcement agency and that are intended for adults but sometimes hold juveniles before or after adjudication. Jail inmates usually have a sentence of less than 1 year or are held pretrial, held for other correctional activities, awaiting sentencing, or awaiting transfer to other facilities after a conviction.
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