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Women abused by their husbands or families too often end up in jail instead of their abusers.

Spending years in jail instead of prison is an increasing possibility now, as California carries out the most far-reaching overhaul of its criminal justice system in decades.

The New York City police are cracking down on peaceful demonstrators by requiring a night in jail instead of a summons.

Sometimes, this is the critical evidence that puts men and women in jail instead of leaving them, say, planning to rob banks or sitting at home building bombs.

In Hawaii, a program that treats minor infractions of probation with a few days in jail (instead of longer sentences) has successfully reduced recidivism, and is now used in 17 states.

He proposes, for lesser offenders, punishments that are swift and certain but not necessarily severe: a night in jail, instead of a warning, for missing a meeting with a parole officer, say, and ten nights the next time.

Why, Johnson demands, expand the mental health treatment capacity in jails instead of putting the money into community clinics of the type that were supposed to be built (but weren't) when state mental hospitals were closed beginning in the 1960s?

Misdemeanor convictions mean a year in county jail instead of up to three years in state prison, prosecutors argue, and jails are already filled to capacity.

The removal of Persky, who is facing a recall campaign over his decision in the Stanford case, speaks to the intense scrutiny facing the northern California judge since he sentenced Turner to six months in county jail instead of the minimum of two years in state prison prescribed by law.

If you are trying to locate someone who you believe could be in federal jail instead of a county jail then the Federal Bureau of Prisons' website will be a good place to look.

Farc members who committed or ordered atrocities but confess their crimes will avoid serving their sentences in jail, instead performing "community service" projects and acts of reparation.