Both the US and the UK have at times used “gaol” in our histories, but it’s super archaic in both places. You might be thinking of one of the other 57 countries for which English is an official language?
(You’re probably thinking of Australia, but they also generally only use “gaol” in a historic context, even though it’s retained in some place names with that spelling.)
Now do jail/gaol.
Sure. We call jail jail.
Both the US and the UK have at times used “gaol” in our histories, but it’s super archaic in both places. You might be thinking of one of the other 57 countries for which English is an official language?
(You’re probably thinking of Australia, but they also generally only use “gaol” in a historic context, even though it’s retained in some place names with that spelling.)
I think we differentiate between jail/gaol and prison