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
“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
Did you
know?
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
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"That candidate has been in prison. Do you think we can check his background with The Department of Correction?"
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
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"That candidate has been in prison. Do you think we can check his background with The Department of Correction?"
