corrections
cor·rec·tions
noun
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”
2.
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
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