There are detention centers and probation centers. A detention center is a short-term place to hold people, and are one of the most common forms of detention centers are jails. The jails are ran by a county and they also hold people. Jails are meant to hold people awaiting their sentencing, or are already sentenced and are waiting to be transferred. They also may be serving time in the county jail, so they do not get moved (ehow.com). The second type of center is a probation center. This is also a short-term center. A probation center is a type of center of facility to hold people who cannot obey their probation in their community. Most probation centers offer rehab programs, which are programs that the center offers for employment or substance abuse. Some or most probation centers are strictly for males or females (ehow.com). Then there is a correctional facility which is just another way of saying “prison”. A correctional facility is meant to hold people that are convicted of a crime and they have been sentenced to more than a year. The correctional facilities are ran by the government and the Federal Bureau. In the correctional facilities that are ran by the government, there has to be officers. Their duties for the inmates are as followed: Enforce the rules of the facility to the inmates, have to be on the lookout for escapes, inmates being assaulted, etc. They also have to search the inmates for contraband such as weapons, drugs, cigarettes,