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]