noun
1. the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
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for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
• Syn: ↑department of corrections
• Hypernyms: ↑local department, ↑department of local government
2. the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
• Hypernyms: ↑social control
Useful english dictionary. 2012.