correctional center
Where convicts live
A correctional center is a facility where people convicted of crimes serve their sentences—a prison or jail.
The term is bureaucratic euphemism, emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment: He was transferred to a minimum-security correctional center.
In practice, it functions identically to prison, penitentiary, or detention facility.
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- cellblockPrison housing unit
holding cell · guardhouse · stockade · gaol · halfway house · minimum security · maximum security · supermax
Confined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- convictJailed offender after trial
- detaineePerson held in custody
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
confinement · custody · cell · bars · solitary · lockdown · time served · life sentence
Coded instructions for computers
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- educationSystematic development of mind
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
reintegration · job training · GED · substance abuse treatment · anger management · life skills · restorative justice · reentry program
Conditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
- bailCourt-set release payment
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
appeal · sentencing · conviction · release date · parole board · parole officer · commutation · furlough
Protectors or watchmen
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- perimeter fenceBarrier enclosing an area's edges
barbed wire · checkpoint · patrol · lockdown · shackles · handcuffs · contraband · headcount
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- lockupTemporary detention facility
cellblock · holding cell · guardhouse · stockade · gaol · halfway house · minimum security · maximum security · supermax · federal prison
inmate
Confined facility resident
sentence · confinement · custody · cell · bars · solitary · lockdown · time served · life sentence · mandatory minimum
programs
Coded instructions for computers
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- educationSystematic development of mind
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
therapy · reintegration · job training · GED · substance abuse treatment · anger management · life skills · restorative justice · reentry program · case manager
parole
Conditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
- bailCourt-set release payment
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
pardon · appeal · sentencing · conviction · release date · parole board · parole officer · commutation · furlough · work release
guards
Protectors or watchmen
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
perimeter fence · barbed wire · checkpoint · patrol · lockdown · shackles · handcuffs · contraband · headcount · escort
correctional centerfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free society · free world · open society · sanctuary
correctional centerrehabilitation center
Facility for overcoming dependency
halfway house · community center · social services · counseling center · treatment facility
correctional centerschool
Place of instruction
university · playground · nursery · daycare · community college
correct, correction, corrective, corrector, corrected, correcting, correctly, incorrect, incorrectly