hele deitch, a lecturer in prison and jail innovation lab director at the university of texas at agood mo. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: can you talk about the prison and jail innovation lab? what you all about? guest: the prison and jail innovation lab, il, is that the lbj school of public affairs at the university of texas. we work to improve correctional oversight and ensurehe safety, health, and dignity of people in custody. we are a bridge between academic research, practice on those kinds of issues. you can go to pjilst: since werm the same linkage can you describe the difference between prison and jail? guest: prisons are state run institutions for people who have been convicted of crimes and sentenced typically for longer than a year. they are operated by the state. they are large facilities. they tend to be in more rural pas jails are run most typically counties, by local agencies. they include a number of different types of folks. when you hear about people arrested and bood our pretrial, they are going to jails. people are intended to stay there for a short p