department of correction

the government department dealing with prisons

TRANSLATION

Department of Correction = die Gefängnisbehörde

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Joaquin Phoenix is a young Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon is the love of his life, June Carter, in Walk the Line, filmed in Memphis.

“THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION has been very helpful and cooperative in allowing us to utilize the space and providing a production house, which is very costly for filming,” says Bob Raines, project manager for the Tennessee Film, Music and Entertainment Commission.

Tennessee Economic Development Guide

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Department of Correction(s)
noun (US)

: the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University


Note:
In the UK, the "Home Office" is the government ministry responsible for national prison policy and control.

Learn these common prison phrases:

juvenile prison = die Jugendstrafanstalt
prison camp = das Gefangenenlager
prison cell = die Gefängniszelle
prison compound = der Gefängnishof
prison inmate = der Strafgefangene
prison officer = der Vollzugsbeamte
prison record = das Haftstrafenregister
prison sentence = die Freiheitsstrafe
prison warden = der Gefängnisdirektor
remand prison = das Untersuchungsgefängnis
state prison (US) = das Staatsgefängnis
high-security (maximum security) prison = das Hochsicherheitsgefängnis


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