correctional
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5.8
- adjective
- /kəˈrɛkʃənl/
- Formal
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correccional
- Mrs. Coletti, as a clinical psychiatrist at the Down State Correctional Facility...
- a correctional facility
- a correctional officer
- correctional staff
So we had the correctional staff, we had the fire department, we had the NYPD, we had the Port Authority police, everybody was going.
- So we had the correctional staff, we had the fire department, we had the NYPD, we had the Port Authority police, everybody was going.
- It trains you how to teach the class that you normally teach at your university, how you teach it inside a prison or Correctional Facility.
Examples
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But there are many correctional officers and administrators who really support prison education.
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There were no significant gender effects with regard to attitudes toward correctional facilities or attitudes toward treatment staff.
Academic text (1996) -
One in every three black males... is in some phase of the correctional system.
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Do you know where Pleasant Valley Correctional Facility is?
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In July, the assailant in my case has been in a correctional facility for nine months.
Fiction book (1996) -
Two weeks later, the students attended a tour sponsored by the correctional facility that had provided the speakers.
Academic text (1996) -
So the experience of the college in the correctional centers is fairly broad and constantly getting broader.
Academic text (1990) -
A private contractor saves money for five correctional facilities in Georgia while establishing herself in business.
Academic text (1997) -
And in this state if convivted, you could be fined up to $5000 or spend six month in a correctional facility.
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The correctional program aims to help inmates reintegrate into society successfully.
Synonyms
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8.2
About the punishment or reform of people in prison
Relating to prisons and the system that keeps people locked up
Compounds
- Formal
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4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
- Formal
2
4.9
A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
- Formal
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4.1
A place where people found guilty of crimes are kept and given help to change their behaviour
- Formal
Programs in prison or under supervision that help offenders learn skills and avoid new crimes
How Rehabilitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
correctional = correction (semi-transparent) = correct + ion + al
The adjective is regularly formed from 'correction' with '-al', though the institutional sense is specialized.
Etymology
The word correctional comes from correct, which comes from the Latin corrigere meaning 'to make right'. So correctional describes places or programs, often in prisons, that try to 'correct' or improve someone's behaviour after a crime.