Corrections

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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