corrections (n.)

  1. the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders; for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections

    [ Syn: department of corrections ]

  2. the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

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