corrections

Noun
  1. The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders (synset 108137599)
    "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
    is a type of: department of local government, local department - a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
    same as: department of corrections
  2. The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole (synset 101168582)
    is a type of: social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

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