Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders;
- Example: "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"[syn: corrections, department of corrections]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
department of 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: corrections,
department of corrections]