jail time
Behind bars period
Jail time is a period of incarceration as punishment for a crime.
The phrase typically refers to sentences served in local jails rather than state or federal prisons, though it's used loosely for any imprisonment: He's facing jail time for tax evasion.
She served six months of jail time before her release.
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- inmateConfined facility resident
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- convictionFirmly held belief
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
recidivism · criminal record · penitentiary · detention center · reentry programs · second chance · sentencing · halfway house · appeal · incarceration · mandatory minimum · arraignment · family separation · job placement · indictment · education programs · vocational training · restorative justice
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- criminal recordrap sheet, criminal history, convictions, felony, misdemeanor
- prison sentenceslife sentence, prison term, sentence length, life without parole, mandatory minimum
- sentencinglife sentence, life sentences, prison sentence, death row, consecutive sentences
- criminal justicearrest, court, prison, crime, guilty
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
legal consequence severity
jail timeprobation
Supervised trial period
acquittal · freedom · suspended sentence · not guilty verdict · exoneration