Synonyms for corrections
cor·rec·tions

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1. corrections, department of correctionsnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   department of corrections

2. correctionsnoun

   the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

   Synonyms:
   department of corrections

Matched Categories

1. • Department Of Local Government
   • Social Control

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1. List of paraphrases for "corrections":

   correction, correctional, corrigenda, adjustments, corrigendum, fixes, rectifications, penitentiary, prison, patches, prisons

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1. Gerges Scott:

   If DHS closes these detention centers, the detainees will be shipped to overcrowded federal centers, women and children, they will be separated, but they will still be in the same facility with dangerous illegal immigrants. As a former corrections official and taxpayer, this is a concern to me.

2. Megan McCracken of the UC:

   We see yet again that Oklahoma simply can not get it right. Less than an hour before the execution the Oklahoma Department of Corrections realizes that it is not prepared to carry out Mr. Glossip's execution in compliance with its own protocol and the law.

3. Brian Kennedy:

   They punch him, stomped him, kicked him in the head, used whatever was available – these hard milk crates, baking pans, tablets, whatever, and literally took turns beating him and then left him there probably for four to five minutes, then when they were done with him, they dragged him into a vestibule and then told corrections to come get him. And then corrections stood around for about four minutes before touching him and making sure he still had a pulse.

4. Juliette Kayyem:

   There will be course corrections and someone, sometimes, is just going to do something stupid.

5. Robert Holden:

   If the council votes in favor of this plan today, it will be a vote against the best interests of the constituents who elected us, it will also be against the best interests of detainees and corrections officers who will continue to endure the same situations in even more confined vertical spaces.