corrections
type: Concept
narrower: prison systems

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: prison systems

prison systems
definition: A nation's prison system holds people who have been convicted by the courts and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Offenders in the United States may be placed in a state or in a federal correctional facility. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Prison Systems]
broader: corrections
type: Concept