corrections
1. [ noun ] (government) the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
Synonyms: department_of_corrections
Examples:

"for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"

Related terms: local_department
2. [ noun ] the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Related terms: social_control
Similar spelling:   correction
  correctional
  coarctation
  corrective
  correcting
  correctness
  corrugation
  correctly
  correctitude
  corrected
  Coricidin
  Corregidor
  coruscation
  corruscation
  correctable
  courgette
  Corchado