correctional system
State punishment apparatus
A correctional system is the network of institutions, agencies, and programs that deal with people convicted of crimes—prisons, jails, parole boards, probation offices.
The term emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment, though critics note that "correctional" is often euphemistic: The correctional system has done little to reduce recidivism.
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- prison cellLocked room for inmates
- behind barsIn jail
- doing timeServing a prison sentence
- maximum securityHighest-level prison classification
parole board · work camp · job training programs · jail · substance abuse counseling · warden · sentencing guidelines · penitentiary · social worker · halfway house · detention center · correctional officer · parole officer · mandatory minimums · three strikes · criminal code · forensic psychologist · rehabilitation
correctional systemcourt system
Network of tribunals
judiciary · law enforcement · police · educational system · social services
correctional systemfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · parole · emancipation · free society
correctional systemrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
decarceration · rehabilitation programs · abolition · community justice · healing circles
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