One thing that makes county jail interesting is that in some states, if you have less than a year left in state prison time, you gete transferred to county jails. So you might have guys in there with you who have done 10 years for a serious felony.
That's bad shit. I ran across a guy who was getting out for armed robbery, but the guy told me that state prison just deadens your soul.
I met a few guys who did serious time in state prisons down here...told me that the climate of the prison depends on what the warden wants to run. Some wardens let shit go and you get a war zone. Others, according to my friend, told me that it's a really tight ship and nothing untoward goes on.