correctional institutions (institutions)

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Scope note
General term for institutions overseeing facilities in which people accused or convicted of breaking the law may be confined and which may or may not attempt some form of reform or rehabilitative correction of offenders.
correctional institutions
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024